January & February Kulanu 2024

KULANU A Magazine That Highlights "All of Us"

JANUARY & FEBRUARY 2024 Tevet/Shevat ~ Shevat/Adar I 5784

At a Glance: January/February View our most up-to-date calendar on the IHC website.

Euchre Circle, Monday, January 8 at 6:00pm All levels of play are welcome to come and have some fun, meet new people, and compete for a prize. This Circle also meets on Monday, January 22 and Thursday, January 25.

See the IHC calendar for February dates.

Jewish Book Club, Tuesday, January 9 at 12:00pm The Jewish Book Club is a great way for book lovers to enjoy getting to know each other through lively discussion about great books with Jewish and literary value. If you would like to take part, please email Evelyn Pockrass. Book Club also meeting on Tuesday, February 13 at 12:00pm. See the full list of book selections here.

Shabbat in Unity, Friday, January 12 at 6:15pm Guest speakers Mahdi Davenport and Dustin Washington of Soul Focused Group join us as we honor the legacy and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during Shabbat services.

Global Dining Circle, Sunday, January 14 at 1:00pm

Tot Shabbat, Friday, February 2 at 5:30pm Our younger friends (preschool age) and their families are invited to take part in Tot Shabbat. Let us know if you plan to attend by clicking here.

IHC Blood Drive, Sunday, February 4 at 8:00am Donate a pint of blood that could help save a life! It takes less than an hour to complete this mitzvah. Sign up for a donation time slot by clicking here.

Family Shabbat, Friday, February 9 at 6:00pm This service is perfect for families with elementary-aged children. After family-friendly Shabbat services, join us for a delicious pizza dinner, desserts and family activities like board games and crafts. Click here to sign up.

Sisterhood Bingo, Thursday, February 22 Program & Bingo Begins at 6:45pm Join Sisterhood for a night of excitement and luxury at IHC Sisterhood’s Designer Bag Bingo! Each entry fee includes bingo cards, a door prize ticket, free popcorn, coffee & tea, and a 'thank you' favor. Find more details about this evening at ihcindy.org/bingo.

Come be a part of the Global Dining Circle as we try Venezuelan food in January. All ages are welcome to come to lunch at Cumaco Arepa House. To RSVP and have your name added to the email list, reach out to Circle leader Marjorie Gullet.

Community Dinner, Friday, February 23 after Services

GUCI Shabbat, Friday, January 19 at 6:15pm

Learning Opportunities

Relive summer nights at camp as we use melodies and traditions from GUCI throughout services. Oneg Shabbat will include special treats and family-friendly activities.

Jews and the Multiverse: Links between Judaism & Superheroes

Volunteer Circle, Saturday, January 20 at 8:30am Join Volunteer Circle for a morning of helping at Gleaners Food Bank. If you would like to carpool, please make a note on your sign up entry. If you plan to participate, please sign up on both SignUpGenius and on the Gleaners page.

Mitzvah Stitchers, Sunday, January 21 at 10:00am If you love to knit, crochet, sew or embroider and love to schmooze while you stitch, then Mitzvah Stitchers is perfect for you. Email Barb Levy for the Zoom link. This group also meets on Sunday, January 28 at 11:00am, February 11 & 25 at 10:00am and February 4 & 18 at 11:00am.

Miami University Men’s Glee Club, Tuesday, January 23 at 7:30pm Come hear one of the nation’s oldest and largest collegiate choirs perform. From Gregorian Chant to modern popular music, The Miami University Men’s Glee Club repertoire will be sure to impress all who join us in the IHC sanctuary.

This performance is free and open to all.

Join your IHC community as we enjoy a Shabbat meal together. You can either be part of the IHC group order, order something different, or bring your own food.

Tuesdays, January 9 & 30 7:00-8:00pm, January 23 6:307:30pm Why do so many superheroes have Jewish themes or creators? Join this class to find out the answers to these questions and more.

Kids Today Sundays, January 28 & February 25, 10:00-11:00am; Come learn from Jewish tradition about how we can support each other as we face these challenges together.

January 28 speakers: Lori Moss and Julie Sondheim from Jewish Family Services. February 25 speaker: Mental Health Professional Rebecca Willis.

Culture with the Cantor Saturday, January 20 at 7:30pm, Silenced Voices: World Premiere of Anne Frank’s Tree at the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra ~ Saturday, February 24 at 5:30pm, Stravinsky & Carmina Burana, 5:30 p.m. at the Indianapolis Symphony Orchesta.

Register for all non-weekly classes with Beth Meade-Hession, at BethMH@ihcindy.org or call her at 317-255-6647.

IHC Family News We Celebrate the B’nai Mitzvah of: Delilah Hastings, who will be called to the Torah on January 13, 2024. She is a seventh grade student at Carmel Middle School.

Delilah enjoys crafts, ice skating, playing viola, and talking with her friends. Her parents are Sara & Jeff Hastings. She has an older brother- Gabriel. Delilah’s grandparents are Judi & Chet Hastings.

We Celebrate: Sharon & David Baldwin, who became grandparents to Benjamin Parker Baldwin, born on October 12. Benjamin is also greatgrandson of Thelma Feldman. Benjamin's parents are Andrew and Jeannie Baldwin.

The birth of Naomi Claire, daughter of Abbe & Evan Bayless, on November 30. Naomi's grandparents are Patty & Gary Goodman.

The birth of Landon Jack Liebman on December 1, great nephew of Jeannie & Mark Stein.

The birth of William, son of Celia Ristow & Julian Toumey. William's grandparents are Rebecca & Mark Ristow.

The birth of Samantha June, granddaughter of Janie & Tom Herman. Samantha's parents are Hannah Herman Gazdacka & Ryan Gazdacka.

IHC members, Dr. Shawn Royer and Dwayne Isaacs, featured in the media. Dr. Royer spoke with WFYI about the 65th Street Klezmorim.

Dwayne Isaacs was part of an On the Road with Steve Hartman piece about Isaacs’ client who left behind millions of dollars to benefit Indianapolis charities.

If you have IHC Family News to share, please email our Communications Specialist at emilyk@ihcindy.org.

We Celebrate: Marilyn Smith, on her retirement as the senior counsel of the Indiana Bar Foundation.

A ceremony was held to honor her work with the foundation and dedication to civil legal aid advocacy.

Mike Berg Raunick, who will take on a new role at Summer Stock Stage as the Managing Director.

Toby Stark, who was named Interim Executive Director of Family Promise.

We Mourn with: Alan Duncanson, husband of Juliet Duncanson z''l.

Jon Barefoot, Erin O'Leary, and Oliver & Monroe Barefoot, family of Ruth "Rikki" F. Kutcher Goldstein z''l.

Rhonda Kile, wife of Michael Kile z''l.

The family of Sally Klein z''l.

Debbie, Steve, Matthew, Hannah, and Chelsea Klineman, family of Donald Sapecky z''l.

Stefani, Morgan, Sophia, and Mia Schaffer, family of Jared Schaffer z''l.

Michael Shlit, husband of Rosa Shlit z''l.

Earl (Christina) Smalbach, son of Serretta Smalbach z''l.

Barbara Glick Wilson, wife of Phil Maurice Wilson z''l.

z''l stands stands for zichronam livracha, which means "may their memory be for blessing"

A Message From Your Clergy Rabbi Brett Krichiver

The Jewish calendar records four specific days designed to be celebrated as “New Year’s Days”: The beginning of Tishrei - Rosh Hashanah The date for the tithing of animals The month of our liberation from Egypt The beginning of the cycle of growth for the trees.

These dates collectively help us think about the themes of rebirth, renewal, and recycling which exist all around us. The world pulses through cycles of growth and decay, life and death.

In truth, we know that our lives are governed by the same principles, although we spend a tremendous amount of energy denying it.

Our bodies and our souls need rest, renewal, and downtime in order to function most clearly, and to bring enthusiasm and purpose to our work and our relationships.

In her beautiful book, Wintering, Katherine May writes, “Life meanders like a path through the woods. We have seasons when we flourish and seasons when the leaves fall from us, revealing our bare bones.

Given time, they grow again.“

Judaism’s great gift is to put us in greater contact with the seasons of our lives Kabbalah Shabbat’s joy, Passover’s phrenetic song and Hanukkah’s warm glow.

These are times when we seek the creative energy and symbiosis of friends, family and treasured colleagues.

Yet there are other times - Shabbat afternoon stretching out into the evening, Sukkot’s intimacy and warmth, Elul’s month of reflection, even Tisha B’Av’s sorrow, and the Counting of the Omer, when we… winter. These are times when we retreat into a more private space to refuel, to nourish through self-care, and to center ourselves.

The beginning of a new secular year provides us the same access to a new beginning, and a new chance to restore.

Perhaps for you this will be a month of connection with friends and family. And perhaps for you this is the time of wintering.

Whatever it needs to be for you, may you feel your soul being nourished, and may you enter into 2024 feeling more ready to share your gifts with your community and the world.

Up Next at IHC Upcoming Holidays

Upcoming Learning Opportunities

Purim: begins evening of March 23

Things That Make You Go, “Hmmm”: The Sources Behind Intriguing Traditions and Customs Thursdays, February 29, March 7, & 14 7:008:30pm Have you ever been curious about why Jews do or say this or that or where the tradition started?

Come and explore interesting traditions and customs that have made you stop and question.

Co-sponsored by IHC Sisterhood.

JLP Purim Spiel & Carnival on Sunday, March 24 First Night of Passover: April 22 Passover ends: April 29 Yizkor & Festival Service on Monday, April 29

It’s ‘Taschen Time!

It is time to roll, fill, fold, and bake! Helpers are needed for Sisterhood’s annual hamantaschen fundraiser. We will be busy in the kitchen each Sunday, starting January 21 through March 10 (no baking on February 18).

Please bring an apron, tie your hair back, or wear a hat.

Sign up for a baking time slot by clicking here.

Place your hamantaschen order here.

The best ways to stay up-to-date on all things happening at IHC: 1. Follow IHC on Facebook & Instagram 2. Subscribe to IHC’s weekly emails 3. Join the IHC Circles Facebook Group 4. Head to our online calendar

Hiddur Mitzvah: Beautifying the Mitzvah: Glass Seder Plate Sunday, March 10, 2:00-4:00pm Join us for a session to beautify/enhance Passover with a beautiful fused glass seder plate. Cost is $48 per plate, which includes all standard materials, equipment, and the fusing.

RSVP and choose a design (traditional round or modern rectangular plate) by February 17.

Culture with the Cantor Sunday, March 17, Driving Miss Daisy, 2:00pm at the Civic Theater Saturday, May 4, A Little Night Music, 7:30pm at the Toby Theater at Newfields Learners’ Minyan: The Choreography and Meaning of Our Kabbalat Shabbat T’Fillot Fridays, 5:15-6:00pm; April 5, 12, 19, & 26 Join Rabbi Krichiver for an "early oneg" for a deep dive into the history and mystical interpretations of familiar Shabbat prayers.

Register for all classed with Beth Meade-Hession, at BethMH@ihcindy.org or call her at 317-255-6647.

May Their Memory Be for Blessing...

January Yahrzeits

January 1 January 7 Carl Ambery John Anderson Marjorie Bradford Judith Arenson Esther Goldman Myron Ball Myron Harris Bonnie Cohen Bessie Kopelov Gertrude Drexler Agnes Korthy Ellen Goldberg Gertrude Krauthamer Lou Leventhal Joseph Lauricella Molly Mirkin David Lewis Diane Organ Anna Platt Sara Reuben Leonard Roth Sarah Salle Jerry Shlensky David Shaw Louise Sirkus Marilyn Spitzberg Max Weil Blance Steele Sidney Tuchman January 2 Diane Cook January 8 Robert Fischer Oscar Alpert Joseph Moheban Samuel Cohen Pearl Roth Molly Dorfman Robert Schaefer Hymen Drevno Leon Levi January 3 Morris Lichtman Isabelle Burman Patsy Schwartz Louis Greenberg Helen Harris January 9 Harry Osipowitz Barbara Abrams Rose Schneider Elaine Arffa Selma Simon Ruby Berridge Milton Simon Julia Bodner Nathan Stein Jim Fleck Bobbi Wimberly Fritz Goldbach Louis Harris January 4 Stanley Henry Harrison Ball Eva Heffron Harry Burack Richard Kopfstein Caroline Goldbach Eleanor Marvin Naoom Haimson Arthur Schwarz Seymour Kaplan Ron Stevenson Louis Schmuckler Linda Winstead Selma Shlensky Nathan Zoll Robert Smith, Jr. Louis Weiss January 10 Constance Fenwick January 5 Dora Goldsmith Ida Fishman Stanley Herman Max Gold Nettie Lappin Fryda Gurwitz Osias Pauker Jack Halberstadt Faye Pikelny Milton Hellman Linda Poper Paul Hene Sally Rubenstein Robert Horstein Stanley Sanders Kathryn Jackson Julius Shmookler J. Frank Knight Morris Leve January 11 Isadore Mervis Joan Atlass Bruce Nelson Henry Heimansohn Robert Reiter Jack Jaffe Thomas Richardson Frances Lazar Ninfa Winkler Alfred London Robert Netzorg January 6 Harry Neumann Herman Chalfie Patricia Rothman Matthew Chatterton Charlotte Sider Maurice Cooper Douglas Weingart Milton Fettner Harvey Wilkoff Arlene Goldhamer Albert Wishne Mack Henry Seymour Kolten Irene Romer

January 12 Shirley Baron William Byrd Agatha Dessau Susan Erickson Ann Levine Isadore Litwack Ira Markwood Nathan Marmelstein Ida Miller Selma Paul Daniel Shander Jennie Wolf January 13 Julius Cohen Miriam Fineberg Hilda Fishbein Etta Frankel Rebecca Greenberg Jeanne Kaufman Howard Lazar Marcie Linder Gerald Rediger Irwin Rivlin Hannah Rosen Bernard Silver Herbie Valinetz Sydney Zaban January 14 Tony Auerhann Betty Brook Sue Butcher Lolla Cohen Jerry Cook Irene Goldsmith Louis Gutin Ruby Hendelman Morton Koor Elaine Lichtenfeld Mary Mishelow Betty Stewart Nellie Strain Hyman Wagman Gladys Winter Shirlee Yale January 15 Herman Abrams Steve Becker Richard Brindle Rose Feuerlicht Joseph Kroot Naomi Levenstein Jean Morris Richard Moss Phillip Rappaport Burton Shapiro Lillian Simon Carolyn Solomon Leah Traugott Agnes Vogel

January 16 Rose Bobinsky Leonard Frankel Grace Friedland Jerry Herman Sidney Jacobs Bernice Kempler Miriam Klasky Martin Leitz Albert Lischin Sylvia Lyon William Meyers Leo Michaels Etta Platt William Rosenthal Idamae Sablosky Rhea Schroeder Florrie Sussman January 17 Stephen Bailie Jessie Finkel Maggie Harry Bessie Kaufman Rosalind Kramer Florence Leshnover Oscar Margolis Harry Richter Gilbert Salle Faye Skolnik Lillian Steinberg Milton Zwirn January 18 Shirley Backer Virginia Doehrman Samuel Kroot Bernice Linker Pearl Lucas Bertha Newmark Eva Peale Barbara Rosenbaum Margie Silver David Stiefler Leah Traugott January 19 Rose Cohen Gloria Dorson Sandra Feldman Anna Reich Gabe Wagman January 20 Katherine Cohen Norman Cohen Victor Eichler Syd Greenberg Ida Herman Ruth Lazarus Alex Levenstein Nate Winski January 21 Harold Cohen Bernard Cohen Jeanette Dorman Jack Leffel Francine Memberg Anne Rosenblum Sadie Rothbaum Iris Waxman Marcia Wolf Eugene Zuckerman

January 22 Anna Binzer Gail Borad Edward Cohen Charles Efroymson, Jr. Lana Funkhouser Jerry Gould David Hurwitz Saul Jacobson Harold Leopold Frieda Liebowicz Catherine Parker Kelley Pearson Doris Richman Jerry Steele Dione Tisius January 23 Freda Burstyn Nancy Chalfie Abe Friedman Bradley Goble Sylvia Kaplan Paul Kulback Max Lapides Gertrude Lowenstein Mike Mustin Frieda Paul Morris Redish Anna Roth Marvin Rubin Robert Sering Joyce Shaw Tully Stonehill Irma Warram January 24 Birdie Abrams Mortimer Furscott Jonah Greenfield Fannie Hassan Julian Kiser Liebert Mossler Kisel Peysekhman Virgil Pitzer Lena Pretzfelder Louis Stricker Irving Kaross January 25 Anna Arkin Joy Brindle Bonnie Christensen Bertha Glazer Harry Jaffe Ethel Lencheck Phyllis Millikan Michael Nelson Dale Pryweller Leopold Selig Sophie Wohlfeld January 26 Jeremy Bank Isador Cohen Doris Haiman David Holzman Mae Jacobson Susan Klein William Klein Alan Krasnoff Abraham Lipman Rose Schneider Wendy Schroeder

January 27 Sarah Baerncopf Barbara Breskow Douglas Brown Yetta Feldman William Greenwald Melvin Kosnoff Tina Lambert Evelyn Levine Harriet Liebman Rachel Litt Genya Medalie Esther Pianin January 28 Pauline Bartfield Dorothy Benjamin Sanford Goldshine Dolores Hanna Sidney Lenke Carl Sanders Bernard Sands Robert Voightmann January 29 David Eskenazi Bonnie Gerstell Samuel Hahn Sidney Kallman Salvatore Miceli Robert Miller Morris Nahmias Harold Rappaport Helen Shady Jeanne Shaffer Bea Soifer Jane Yolles Ira Zukina January 30 Sally Cannon Carolyn Cohen Stanley Jacobs Stanley Larman Philip Marder Joseph Nemirovsky Paul Piazza Gertrude Podaloff Martha Speyer Morris Talesnick January 31 Michael Blonder Diane Buckler Ella Oppman Ruth Rockmore Edward Sobel Carolyn Steinberg David Strausburg Rachael Valentine Clarine Webster Alice Yalowitz

May Their Memory Be for Blessing...

February Yahrzeits February 1 Archie Aronstam Martha Back Ellen Banks Ann Butler Charles Fitzgerald Kate Friedman Meyer Goldblatt Saul Koby Gerald Leonards Bertha Lieberman Leon Mordoh Sylvia Morris Lester Pfeffer Sigurd Rosenfield Dean Sablosky Ann Slivka February 2 Michael Bratnick Frances Coraz Kathryn Crossen Fred Golden Sol Grant Sophie Katz Meta Kleiman Max Kligerman Bella Rosinus Marilyn Samuels Shirlee Schuchman Harriet Selig Aline Traugott Edward Weiss February 3 Melvin Adams, Sr. Margaret Ancel Gilbert Chavkin Jerome Dintenfass Claire Dworkin Frank Goldsmith William Herman Darrel Isaacs Jody Kerschner Mildred Klineman Dorothy Miceli Albert Rothbaum Aaron Rubin Bertha Shampansky Daniel Tisius Elsie Wakefield February 4 Theresa Bricker Julius Hersh Frida Kantin Eva Kolten Frieda Kolten Ida Levy Rachael Mishoulam Lindsey Pearson Jack Shady Tudor Van Hampton February 5 Marilyn Chernoff David Efroymson Raymond Garmel Alexander Hardie Sophie Katz Abraham Pomeranz Jane Rothbaum Irving Silver Harold Weil

February 6 Anne Alliss Morris Bernstein Beth Brown Andy Calderon Ann Greenstein Eric Herman Harry Karsch Bernard Lefko Elsie Mazzarella Harry Peale Eve Perlstein Robert Romer Alana Spitzberg Elliot Sussman February 7 Helen Chalfie Leonard Farber Irwin Gittleman Fannie Gray Opal Hill William Julian Beatrice Shepard February 8 Abe Borin Hedwig Breisacher Isadore Kalishman Harry Laptook Florence Schoff February 9 Frederick Aptowitz Carolyn Berman James Efroymson Margot Hene William Keck Wilma Leventhal February 10 Harold Cohen Pearl Goldberg Joseph Schulman Arline Signer David Tisius Joachim Traugott Joseph Weiner February 11 Marian Goldsmith Moredechai Greenberg Rubin Karsh Regina Krieger Rose Platt Ruthie Rifkin Albert Schwartz Leonard Sirota Molly Welber February 12 Sandy Ambery Gladys Bennett Warren Brown, Jr. John Burnsworth Murray Butler Jacob Efroymson Michael Gradison Reuben Herman Leonard Larman Geneva Lawrence Morris Levy Morton Lipkowitz Anna Lucas Cyrl Moss Robert Rosenberg Paul Solomon

February 13 Louise Bellman Nathan Hellman Alan Klein Lenora Lebin Barbara Longo Daniel Lyons, Jr. Lottie Schwartz Paul Sirkus February 14 Esther Byron Mathilda Calderon Jessie Davis Vera Falender David Fisch Leo Ginsburg Paul Goldstein Esther Greenman Jeanette Jaffe Steve Rosenbaum Rose Scheffler Hugo Siegal Maude Solomon Howard Solomon Louis Wolf, Sr. Rosalie Wormser February 15 Louise Brimer Kenneth Goldblatt Henrietta Henry Betty Krumsieg Hortense Lasky Fannie Osipowitz Dora Shorr Abe Tavel February 16 Naomi Buckler Mose Freiberg Fay Glick Kenny Goldblatt Sarah Henry Maurice Hurwitz Carrie Jaffe Jean Lieberman Anna Miceli Naomi Perlstein Fanny Ress February 17 Charles Brinkley Rose Goodman Morris Graff Martin Grossman Arlene Heimansohn Samuel Kaplan Sam Lefkovitz Nathaniel Lenchner Leslie Mears Esther Nahmias Walter Wolf, Sr. February 18 Jack Beiman Joseph Cohen Abraham Epstein Audrey Grossman Bonnie Guilford Francine Hurwitz Irene Kagan Adele Kline Frank Lahr Natalie Paul Fanny Rappaport Berthold Rothholz

February 19 Marvin Arffa Audrey Gerson Molly Gotthelf Dorothy Harrison Leon Himelstein J William Julian Efraim Kantin Jacob Platt Julia Roseff Karen Rosentraub Phillip Sachs Eric Taylor Jane Teixler Louis Traugott Faunya Weiss

February 25 Adele Alpert Rose Arnow Bertha Bauer Elsie Blitz Irwin Cooperman Nathan Harris Jerome Jacobson S. Carroll Kahn Edna Pardo Madeleine Polayes Harry Roger Lila Rosentraub Eva Segal Joan Wurzman Beth Wynn

February 20 Emma Frankel Rita Gradison Sylvia Hillman Oscar Marder Alice Miller Donald Moorin Michael Weiss

February 26 Mary Cohen Moie Cook Evelyn Feldman Ida Fielder Selma Jacobs Jay Kramer Minnie Leve Joseph Rothbard Belle Shapiro Ethel Weil Gertrude Wolf

February 21 David Arden Steven Block Bertha Goldfarb Margaret Harry Marian Kochman Dolores Rety Lewis Rothbard Joseph Schneider Tosia Schwartzbaum Bertha Seipp Paulette Weinfield February 22 Reuel Bennett Maureen Bronicki Thomas Gould Harry Greenberg Vicki Griffin Anne Harry Andrew Katz William Lockman Fay Schechter Paul Stark Goldijean Turow February 23 Donna Broder Howard Rubens Alan Rubenstein Linda Shapiro Harold Weiss Sanford Wieder Shirley Zeinfeld February 24 Suzanne Friedman Sidney Goldfarb Gertrude Kaplan Catherine Kupke Howard Linker Morris Marer Gladys Nisenbaum Karen Platt Arthur Schwartz Morris Simon Douglas Weiss Lillian Zabronsky

February 27 Edward Bartick Charlotte Epstein Mollie Moskowitz Jules Rheaume Louis Rosenberg Nancy Steele David Vaprin February 28 Semen Beyzerov Leo Blonder Arthur Borinstein Lorna Harbaugh Herbert Heiman Simon Kochman Myron Manders Ida Rheins February 29 Norton Lazarus Harold Platt

Temple Donations LIBRARY & ARCHIVES FUND

TEMPLE GENERAL FUNDS

JOSEPH CANTOR LIBRARY Memory of Walter Kohn Rita Kohn

SENIOR RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY Honor of Sadie Smith Kylea Asher-Smith & David Smith Honor of Marlowe GuerenaHalberstadt Max Halberstadt Memory of Miriam Werner Sandi Werner

TEMPLE GENERAL FUND Louise & Stuart Abramson Anonymous Anonymous Rachel Basey Seth & Madeline Biggerstaff Andrea Burnett Larry & Dona Cohen Andrea Del Guidice Lyndsay Dodyk Mr. & Mrs. Mikhail Malyovanny Brooke McMillin P. Louise Newman Sam Sachs Rachel Simon Dr. Daniel Spitzberg Carly Traynor Elizabeth Wertz Memory of Serretta Smalbach Jeff & Lynn Abrams Memory of David Falender Phyllis Herman

ASSOCIATE RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY Honor of Julian Reader Diane Lutz

ELAINE AND GERRY ARFFA STAFF APPRECIATION FUND Memory of Stanford Falender Stanley & Phyllis Herman

CANTOR’S DISCRETIONARY Honor of Sadie Smith Kylea Asher-Smith & David Smith Memory of Juliet Duncanson Andy & Irene Engel Norm Sider Dodie M. Stein Memory of Sally Klein Dick Butler & Jamie Street Suzanne Killen

THE CANTOR JANICE L. ROGER MUSIC AND CULTURAL ARTS FUND Honor of Rebecca Lan-Lan Golomb Levy Family Memory of Juliet Duncanson Dorothy Cohen Andy & Irene Engel Dodie M. Stein

IHC FOUNDATION FUNDS KOL HAMACHANEH “A CALL TO JEWISH CAMPING” Louis & Linda Cantor DISCRETIONARY FUNDS

YAHRZEIT MEMORIAL FUND Memory of Paul Csillag Andrew & Irene Engel Memory of Leon Engel Andrew & Irene Engel CEMETERY FUND Memory of Ed Berebitsky Aladean Smithburn SOCIAL JUSTICE CARING COMMUNITY Memory of Michael Kile Al & Bennie Silver

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IHC Foundation: Growth for Now and the Future

In 1856, a small group of Jewish families desired to build a spiritual home for Reform Jews in Indianapolis. Their hunger for a Jewish community resulted in individuals coming together to provide financial generosity and a volunteering spirit. The combined labors of these visionaries created Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation (IHC) -- a place for praying and learning, celebrating and comforting, playing and eating … together.

After 167 years, IHC remains a vibrant center for Jewish life in Indianapolis, thanks to the vision of those founding families and the contributions of those who came after them. Nowhere is our temple’s long, deep history more prevalent than the hallway lined with pictures of past Confirmation and Consecration classes, former clergy and leadership. These snapshots remind us of where our congregation was, and what motivates us to keep growing.

To further insure the temple’s growth well into the future, the IHC Foundation (Foundation) was formed in 1977. The Foundation is a Section 501(c)(3) tax-qualified organization. Its purpose is to hold, invest, and grow assets exclusively for the benefit of IHC.

In conjunction with IHC’s annual operating funds, our congregation is fortunate to receive Foundation funds to support programs and operations.

For example, distributions from Foundation’s restricted funds support the Jewish Learning Program, social justice, building operations, IHC Circles, as well as support for interfaith individuals and families within IHC. IHC can also pursue sacred friendships with our multifaith partners in the greater Indianapolis area.

These opportunities, paired with support for necessary building repairs and maintenance (such as contributing to the new roof or parking lot renovations) guarantee IHC will be here for your children, your grandchildren, and generations of people to come.

As you map out your charitable giving in the year ahead, please know a gift to IHC Foundation is another way to support your Jewish home.

For additional information about contributing to the Foundation, please contact our Executive Director, Pete Smithhisler at petes@ihcindy.org.

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Worship Schedule

All services, unless otherwise noted, can be viewed live on IHC website.

Kabbalat Shabbat service Fridays at 6:15pm Shabbat Morning Service Saturdays at 10:30am Join us for Oneg Shabbat following our Friday evening services (or before services on the second Shabbat of the month).

It is a mitzvah to sponsor an Oneg Shabbat, whether it is for a special occasion (b'nai mitzvah/baby naming/anniversary) or just because you want to step up to help! You can host alone, as a family, or get a group together to co-host.

Click here to sign up to host.

Shabbat Morning Torah Study Saturdays at 9:00am Led by IHC clergy, the group is guided through the weekly Torah portion text seeking understanding of the teaching for the time and discussing its message for today. Unless otherwise noted, you can attend in person or online. No prior knowledge is necessary and all are welcome. You can find the Zoom link to participate by clicking here.

The next printed of issue of the Kulanu will be available at the end of February.

Sisterhood Gift Shop Tuesdays-Fridays: 10:00am-2:00pm Fridays: 5:15-6:15pm Sundays from 9:30am-12:00pm when the Jewish Learning Program is in session.

Thursday, February 22 Program & Bingo Begins at 6:45pm All adults and teens 18+ are welcome.

Register to attend by clicking here.

Special thanks to Wendy & Phil Larman for underwriting the cash bar and to the IHC Clergy Team for hosting the Shapiro's Sweet Shop. Thanks to Brian and Sally Shapiro for the sweet deal!