Jewish inmates of Pennsylvania institutions are now supplied with prayer books as the result of an appeal in the Jewish Daily Bulletin, it was learned today.
Rabbi Samuel Horowitz, of Sunbury, Pa., who holds services for Jewish inmates of the State institutions from time to time, through the Bulletin publicized the lack of prayer books and asked for a donation to cover their purchase. The Pittsburgh Jewish Big Brothers Association responded to the appeal, Rabbi Horowitz disclosed.
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