Alone But Connected: Help Aleph Raise $1 Million

The Aleph Institute has launched its #AloneButConnected campaign to raise $1M to support people who are isolated from the broader community: individuals incarcerated in prisons, members of the U.S. Armed Forces, and their loved ones left behind. Donations can be made at: alonebutconnected.com

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Paul wrestled with a drug addiction since he was a teenager and was serving a 14-year sentence in prison when his mother reached out to Aleph. Thank G-d, Aleph was able to forge a relationship with him that eventually turned his life around.

Paul loved learning about Judaism. He consumed all the educational material Aleph sent him and corresponded regularly with an Aleph penpal. Paul chose a Jewish name, Pinchas, and he began wearing the kippah and tzitzis that Aleph provided.

Pinchas threw himself into his Jewish studies and began taking on more mitzvos. When he met fellow Jewish men in prison, he would encourage them to wrap Tefillin. Aleph advocated for him to receive kosher food, as well as medical care for his health issues.

Thank G-d, Pinchas finished his sentence last year. He is living a life saturated with Jewish tradition and became a full-fledged chassid! He recently opened a medical detox center fighting against opiate and substance dependence, one of the only places of its kind where Shabbos and Kosher are kept, allowing patients to get the treatment they need without sacrificing their observance.

Here’s the simple truth: Most people who reach out to Aleph have nowhere else to turn. There are thousands of people just like Pinchas, who desperately need Aleph’s help.

We hear from struggling mothers who can’t cover the heating bill because the family’s primary breadwinner is incarcerated, children who are bullied at school because their dad’s mugshot was in the papers, and the men and women locked behind bars who often face antisemitism, health complications, and isolation issues that few other organizations can address. Young US soldiers who are serving in foreign countries, hoping for a sense of connection to home, depend on Aleph’s advocacy for their religious observance and Torah education.

But Aleph cannot meet the ongoing need for our services without your support. Our budget has doubled in the last five years, and we simply can’t keep up. Yet, to have to turn even a single soul away for lack of funds is devastating.

Thanks to generous matchers, now is your chance to make DOUBLE the impact on
lonely individuals who have nowhere else to turn. Please give generously so that Aleph can
continue to provide help, hope, and healing to those who need it most. We can’t do it
without you.

Click here to partner with Aleph to ensure that even those who are alone remain connected at all times.

http://alonebutconnected.com/