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Updated news at Aleph Institute

You will find news and information of the many programs being offered at Aleph Institute.

The Aleph Institute provides many programs for those incarcerated, their families and re-entry programs.

In addition in 2013 the Aleph Institute opened the Shifra Program, which provides resources and support benefiting many families in the Jewish community in Pittsburgh.

As you browse this blog you will become familiar with these programs.

Miriam Center

Wednesday, July 15, 2026 - 4:18 PM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Miriam's Center Bulletin — Yesterday's Highlights

Pittsburgh, PA — July 15, 2026

Yesterday was a full day at Miriam's Center, where two dedicated programs and an evening lecture brought together mothers, toddlers, and community members for support, connection, and encouragement.

The morning session welcomed eight mothers and their toddlers for a program built around conversation, emotional support, and structured playtime. Gatherings like these respond to a well-documented need: single mothers nationally face a poverty rate of 31.3 percent, nearly six times the 5.5 percent rate for married-couple families, according to 2024 Census Bureau data analyzed by the Center for American P… Read More »

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Rabbi Vogel is the Executive Director of the Aleph Institute - North East Region.
At Aleph we strive to help those who have been forgotten by society, the Jewish men and women in prison, their families on the outside and those who are reentering society. Left alone these men and women are guaranteed to fail (US DOJ statistics give them a twenty three percent success rate).
It is our goal to work with these men and women as individuals and give them the tools to succeed, when we do so, we are assured (US Dept. of Justice, lowers recidivism by over forty percent!) we will succeed.

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