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NEXTGen Spotlight: Elyssa DiRaddo, The Midwest’s Jewish Heart

By Emily Vetne

 

Elyssa DiRaddo’s workday finishes like any other music therapist’s does: she shuts down her laptop, closes her guitar case, and puts on her tiara. That’s because she is not only a licensed music therapist and dedicated member of the Indianapolis Jewish community, b…

Training, Training, and More Training

Safe Indy Emphasizes Training and Preparedness in Response to Colleyville Incident

As the global Jewish community continues to recover from the violent act of antisemitism and international terrorism in Colleyville, Texas, the Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis’ Safe Indy Security …

YoPhI Teen Board Update

The members of the Lou & Sybil Mervis YoPhI Teen Board have been hard at work this winter supporting their philanthropic vision and mission for the 2021-22 program year. Just before the start of the new year, the Teen Board members set their grantmaking focus for the year on Combatting Antis…

Thank you, David Heilbron!

For the past 3.5 years, David Heilbron has served youth and their families through educational opportunities across the community. Serving as the Federation’s first Director of Youth Philanthropy & Connection, Heilbron helped launch the Youth Philanthropy Indy (YoPhI) initiative and led do…

Women Making History: 50th Anniversary of National Lion of Judah Program

Lion of Judah is…

  • A legacy of achievements and the mission to build flourishing Jewish communities.
  • An entire sisterhood who are building a better world, changing Jewish lives across oceans and around the corner.
  • A collective who magnifies the power of each women’s gift.
  • About rest…