From the Statement of Principles adopted by ALEPH: The Alliance for Jewish Renewal, which strives to create Jewish paths of prayer and meditation, study, communal life-practice, and public action that embody this outlook. Aleph's Statement of Principles flow from the Four Worlds of Being, Knowing, Relating, and Doing:

• We are committed to foster a safe environment for spiritual growth in which what we are learning about the human psyche and spirit is honored, and through which we enable the self to embody the Presence.
  
  
• Our communities strive to be collective and egalitarian in leadership and decision-making.
  
  
• Women and men are full and equal partners in every aspect of our communal Jewish life.
  
  
• ALEPH welcomes, includes and recognizes the sanctity of every individual regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. We recognize respectful and mutual expressions of adult human sexuality as potentially sacred expressions of love, and therefore we strive to create communities that include and welcome a variety of constellations of intimate relationships and family forms -- among them gay, lesbian, and heterosexual relationships as well as single life-paths.
  
  
• We will reach out toward including all who seek but have not yet found a spiritual home in the Jewish community or a satisfying connection to the Jewish people and its traditions and teachings.