Talk:North Eastern US Aleph Institute

Merger proposal
I propose merging North Eastern US Aleph Institute into Aleph Institute. The content is the first is almost identical to the content on the second. North Eastern by itself does not meet the conditions of WP:N. Merging the content in Northern Eastern can easily be explained in the context of Aleph, and a merger would not cause any article-size or weighting problems in Bar. Longhornsg (talk) 02:17, 13 March 2023 (UTC)


 * After reviewing both pages, I don't see how it doesn't meet the conditions for WP:N. The North Eastern US Aleph Institute is a completely separate organization, and, though it may need it bit of work lengthening the article to include it all, has some significant differences with Aleph Institute in the programs it runs and other details. Helpfulguy101 (talk) 17:09, 14 March 2023 (UTC)


 * It's not a separate organization, as far as I can tell. It's a regional branch of a national organiation. Here's what it says on their website:

"The Aleph Institute was founded to address the needs of incarcerated Jews distributed among facilities across the country. Beginning in the 1980s, the U.S. prison system began to grow exponentially, scattering the small number of incarcerated Jews. This led many to slip through the cracks of most chaplaincy services... The Aleph Institute works to allow incarcerated men and women, along with their families, access to spiritual, educational, religious, and advocacy support services. In 1991, Rabbi Moishe Mayir Vogel opened the Aleph Institute North East Region in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For years, Rabbi Vogel worked to build a strong relationship between Rabbis, inmates, chaplains, and state officials. As the numbers of incarcerated Jewish men and women increased, the demand for programs and services grew. The Institute eventually outgrew its original office and there became a need for a brick-and-mortar establishment. In 2005, the Institute purchased a facility in the heart of Pittsburgh’s Jewish community, Squirrel Hill, where it continues to provide essential programs for incarcerated individuals and their families."Prezbo (talk) 03:42, 19 June 2023 (UTC)