ALEPH Communities

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Communities Worldwide (current brochure)

ALEPH Affiliated Communities are located through out the world and vary in size, frequency of meeting and range of programs. Some have full or part-time rabbis while others are lay led. Levels of observance and minhagim (customs) vary from community to community as well. What all communities have in common is a commitment to a wholistic Judaism that engages body, mind and spirit while valuing diversity and honoring each individual's spiritual journey.

ALEPH Affiliated Communities

Statement of Principles

ALEPH Affilated Communities are autonomous local communities made up of people joyfully choosing a Jewish spiritual and ethical path. We share in common a desire to infuse our lives with holiness, and to bless, inspire and contribute to one another.

We are primarily spiritual communities whose roots are in Torah, Kabbalah, and other traditional Jewish sources. We draw deeply as well on our inner truths, our communal wisdom, and on other spiritual traditions as part of the ongoing process of living Torah.

We are committed to the expression of our Jewish religious path through tikkun olam (repair of the world) which we understand to mean deep personal, political, and ecological healing. Our concept of tikkun olam encompasses inclusiveness and envisions full participation and empowerment of everyone in religious expression and in human and community relations. The full empowerment of women as well as men is one expression of that commitment.

We respect and honor diversity of Jewish expression in our membership and activities.

We affirm the continuing historical and spiritual connection of the Jewish people with the land of Israel and support the existence of Israel as an autonomous state open to the ingathering of Jewish people. We are advocates of Israel's need to engage in dialogue with all of its neighboring peoples to hasten the peace we all yearn for.

We are committed to strengthening Jewish Renewal and encouraging tikkun olam (the healing and repair of the world) and to mutually sharing resources, ideas, liturgy, art, music, teachers and teachings.