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The Board of Rabbis of Northern California is the endorsing agency for Jewish Chaplaincy positions in the State institutions in Northern California
The agency endorsing mandate as well as eligibility requirements for Jewish chaplaincy positions are as follows:
ECCLESIASTICAL ENDORSING AGENCIES
The ecclesiastical endorsing agencies designated by the March 13, 1984 letter of the California State Department of Corrections to endorse
candidates for Jewish chaplaincy in state institutions in California are:
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The Board of Rabbis of Southern California
6505 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 430, Los Angeles, CA 90048
(323) 761-2600 - www.boardofrabbis.org
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The Board of Rabbis of Northern California
121 Steuart St., Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94105
ELIGIBILITY
Candidates for Jewish chaplaincy shall in addition to meeting relevant state or federal requirements must:
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Possess an endorsement from the Board of Rabbis of Northern California
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Be able and willing to serve the religious needs of the target population even where the religious standards or values of the consumers different from those of the Chaplain.
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While not being required to compromise his or her own religious standards and convictions, Jewish chaplains should avoid denigrating or rejecting differing religious views among his or her congregants.
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They are charged to serve, not proselytize.
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They are expected to enable all inmates, clients or patients who are accepted as Jews by the Jewish ecclesiastical endorsing agencies to be included in the religious, educational and social programs designated as Jewish.
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They will, when necessary, call upon religious leaders of Jewish movements other than their own to provide ministry which they are unable to provide.

Chaplaincy Locations
Bay Area Jewish Healing Center
Rabbi Eric Weiss (415) 750-4197
Rabbi Natan Fenner
Rabbi Jon Sommer
California Medical Facility, Vacaville
Rabbi Leah Sudran
(707) 448-6841
Deuel
Vocational Center,
Tracy
Rabbi Eliahu Klein (510) 206-4395
Folsom State
Prison, Represa
California State Prison,
Sacramento
Rabbi Ira Book (916) 985-2561 x 4646
Jewish Home
Rabbi Sheldon Marder (415) 469-2254
Mule Creek State Prison, Ione
Rabbi Yosef Korik
(916) 786-7701
Napa State Hospital, Agnews Developmental Center, Sonoma Developmental Center
Rabbi Edward Robert Kraus, (707) 253-5000
Salinas
Valley State Prison, Soledad
Rabbi Eliahu Klein
(831)
678-6175
California Correctional Training Facility
P.O. Box 686
Soledad, CA 93960-0686
San Francisco City and County Jails in San Francisco and San Bruno
(650) 589-8198
San Francisco Police Department
(415)
369-2861
San Jose Community
Rabbi Leslie Alexander (408) 365-0303
San Quentin Prison
Chaplain Carole Taines Hyman (415) 454-1460
Solano State Prison
Rabbi Leah Sudran (707) 429-6314
VA Hospital, Palo Alto
Rabbi Jay Heyman (650) 589-8198

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