A FROM IHC BOARD PRESIDENT

This annual report will share stories, pictures, and numbers telling our 2022 story. Our real story is about you – all of our congregants who together make up our special community.

Let me start this look back at 2022 by saying thank you. We continue to thrive because of the time and creativity you give to IHC. Thank you to our many congregants who volunteer on committees, help with programs, or serve in leadership roles including our Board. Together, we all thrive from your time and talent. Thank you for the generous financial contributions you have given. They allow us to create opportunities for our community to come together and experience Judaism. Whether you give through an annual commitment, the High Holiday Appeal, fundraisers, or gifts to the Foundation and temple funds- I sincerely thank you.

We will remember 2022 as the year we truly came back together after two years of COVID19, which often kept us apart. This past fall, we were able to welcome congregants back to the temple for the High Holy Days. The clergy organized services, traditional and new alike, including our second GUCI Yom Kippur service Pete and his staff made sure our building shined in every way so we could enjoy being home again For those who preferred to pray from home, we offered livestreamed services, which former community members now living outside of Indiana viewed and shared with others

Our opportunities to come together kept growing Engagement Committee launched even more IHC Circles for people to connect and bond over common interests and stages of life Brit Olam was involved in a postcard campaign to boost voter turnout and kept its focus on homelessness in central Indiana

Social justice efforts also included the creation of the Tzedek Committee, which is leading a congregation-wide initiative to help reduce food insecurity. Parents and children enjoyed having the Jewish Learning Program back in the building. Our Adult Education classes expanded. Our Early Childhood Center grew steadily as families returned. My list could go on: Mitzvah Stitchers, Adamah, Sisterhood, Caring Community, Brotherhood, and so many others helped make 2022 so robust.

In November, we celebrated our more than tenyear partnership with Rabbi Krichiver. A wonderful group of volunteers organized a night of comedy and fundraising. This event demonstrated just how spectacular our community is. When a transformer blew at GUCI, congregants swiftly got together to move the whole event to IHC in a matter of hours. This was only possible because of a community which is connected and deeply cares.

As I look back on 2022, I also want to thank our clergy, executive director, office team, Jewish Learning Program team, maintenance, security staff, and the whole Early Childhood Center staff who work to serve us. They are dedicated to the IHC mission. They are responsible for the creativity which results in new opportunities, the planning that results in smooth operations, and the caring hearts that results in community.

I was limited to this short space so I know I missed remembering some and thanking others, but I hope not too many. 2023 will be an exciting year too, with work starting on projects to bring top-notch security to our temple and a better facility for our ECC program, all thanks to grant money. Please take advantage of the opportunities 2023 will present to connect and explore ways to live your life through the Jewish offerings we provide at IHC.

L' Shalom, Mitch Katz