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JFGI Connections

These are the voices that connect us as a Jewish community.

Local Philanthropist and P2G Chair Shares Insights as 3-Year Term Wraps Up

Michelle Korin is a local leader and has been a top volunteer with the Jewish Federation and the Indianapolis Jewish community for decades. One of her greatest recent accomplishments has included serving as the U.S. Partnership2Gether Chair and soon, she will finish her three-year term and s…

Chuck Cohen: Indianapolis' Fundraising Legend

The Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis (JFGI) is deeply saddened by the passing of Charles “Chuck” Cohen, Z”l, a longtime prominent Jewish philanthropic leader in the Indianapolis community. May his memory be a blessing. 
Chuck was intricately involved with the Jewish Federatio…

Next Generation of Leadership

NEXTGen is excited to welcome its newest committee members for 2021. 
Erica Abrams will be leading this committee as NEXTGen Chair along with JFGI Staff Member Stephanie Dlatt, who was recently appointed head of the NEXTGen department.
“We know we have challenging times ahead and are exci…

Civil Discourse in an Uncivil World

“We humanize what is going on in the world and in ourselves only by speaking of it, and in the course of speaking of it we learn to be human.” 

– Hannah Arendt, philosopher


On Nov. 15, just five days after the 82nd anniversary of Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass), educators fro…

YoPhI Teen Board Opens Grant Application

In spite of social distancing, the members of the YoPhI Teen Board and YoPhI Alumni Board have been working hard to get closer and closer to define their missions for the 2020-21 grantmaking cycle. After research, deliberation, and debate, the nine YoPhI Teen Board members – first year par…