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Grieving During the High Holidays

By Julie Sondhelm, Jewish Family Services Clinical Director

The holidays are approaching, and we all experience different emotions related to this time- excitement, spiritual renewal, connection, but also some may feel stress, loneliness, even sadness depending upon individual circumstances…

Michele Boukai’s Farewell to the Community

This is a bittersweet moment. After 22 exceptionally wonderful years with the Jewish Federation, and after much soul searching and contemplation, I will be retiring at the end of July.

In looking back at the long and beautiful road since joining the Federation in 1999, when my husband Gadi …

Indianapolis Teachers Instruct Music Lessons to Israeli Students

Indianapolis Jewish community members Inna Kislyuk and Ingrid Bellman are participating in Nigun2Gether (Nigun is melody in Hebrew), a musical training program hosted by the Western Galilee Partnership2Gether program. Kislyuk and Bellman, who are both professional music teachers, are teachin…

Two Indy Residents Participate in National Women’s Leadership Program

Two Indianapolis Jewish community members, Lisa Frank and Mollie Tavel, have been selected to participate in the inaugural cohort called Emerge, a women’s leadership program offered by the Jewish Federations of North America. 
Women professionals from Jewish communities around the country…

Safe Indy Security Initative Impact Felt Across Indiana

The Safe Indy Security Initiative was established by JFGI and other Indianapolis-area Jewish organizations in 2020 as a proactive approach to security. The impact of this partnership is now being experienced across the state, as Community Security Director Grant Mendenhall is working with Je…