Kulanu July/August 2026

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JULY AND AUGUST 2026 TAMMUZ-AV-ELUL 5786

IN THIS ISSUE: IHC’S SPECIAL SHOFAR HIGH HOLY DAY PREVIEW STORIES FROM GUCI MEET NEW PRESIDENT JENNIFER VIGRAN

The Power of Words

By Rabbi Brett Krichiver JULY/AUGUST 2026 TAMMUZ-AV-ELUL 5786

CONTENTS Meet IHC’s New President......................................3 The Story of a Special Shofar...............................4 High Holy Day Preview............................................7 Mazel Tov.....................................................................8 Upcoming Events.......................................................9 Three Stories at GUCI..............................................10 IHC Circles....................................................................13 Yahrzeit List.................................................................14

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“And God spoke, and the world came into being.” Later in Torah, Moses repeats the words given to him on Mount Sinai, and an entire community rises up out of the desert. The words we speak, the words we choose to carry with us, define who we are. And as Jews we mean this literally. Our words manifest the ideas of our conscious and unconscious mind, and we become who we are by means of their power.

In the coming months, we will celebrate Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur, the High Holy Days. We call them this because of our belief in their power to transform our lives. We also know them as the Days of Awe because the ideas contained in the machzor (or High Holy Day prayerbook) inspire awe in us when we consider them.

Just once a year, during these days, we are asked to consider the words we live by, and by what words we will one day die. The machzor reminds us of the possibility of change, and reminds us by choosing different words to say – to ourselves and to others we can embrace a path of righteousness and reject evil. The threat of destruction sits with us in the pews for these days, but so does this profoundly optimistic feeling of renewal. Death might await us in the coming year; we cannot know and we cannot control the inevitable. But how we use the days we’ve been given – that’s where our power lies. Our words might fill our lives, even today, with self-reflection, with honest repentance, and with the pursuit of justice in this world, and by so doing bring meaning to our lives.

And so we sit and we deliberate, and we consider the words as we form them in our mouths. “On Rosh HaShanah it is written, on Yom Kippur it is sealed, who shall live and who shall die.” Far from fortune telling, these words, when we speak them into being, call to mind the stark reality of our lives, for this is the power of words.They can create worlds, and they can bring worlds crashing down. And only we decide how we shall use them in the coming year.

The year which is ending has had much to teach us about the power of our words – and the power of words from those who would lead us. As we enter the High Holy Days in just a few weeks, may we dedicate ourselves to using our words for good, for healing and for peace building. For there is no greater power than when we use words wisely.

L’shana Tovah!

MEET THE NEW IHC PRESIDENT Jennifer Vigran Q: Tell us a litle about your history at IHC. I moved to Indianapolis in 1990 and knew no one here. Back then, IHC hosted an annual singles reception on Rosh HaShanah and that’s where I met my husband, Gary. I didn’t grow up in a family that was actively involved in congregational life, but IHC pulled me in; over the years I’ve been a religious school teacher, Sisterhood President, and served on many different committees.

Ultimately, it was working on the Social Action Committee and our partnership with Second Helpings that inspired me to become a Second Helpings volunteer, board member, and eventually its CEO. Q: What is your favorite IHC memory?

My favorite memory was during Rosh HaShanah services several years ago when, for the first time we publicly acknowledged and thanked the non-Jewish partners in our congregation for their support of the Jewish members of their families, fostering Jewish identity in their children and contributing to the richness of our congregational life. It marked how far we’ve come where we now celebrate the role of our friends and loved ones who might have not always felt recognized or fully included at IHC in the past. It’s now a moment I look forward to every year, and I still tear up every time.

Q: What motivated you to take on the responsibility of becoming IHC President?

IHC plays a critical role as a voice for and the center of Reform Jewish life in central Indiana; it is a congregation where everyone is welcome to explore Judaism and how it speaks to the issues of their lives, to build personal connections, and to foster Jewish learning and identity for our youth. I want to help connect our congregants with the things they care about, to build up connections within our community and to preserve IHC’s promise for future generations.

Jennifer’s Top Ten Favorite Things About IHC (in no particular order) T’filah at JLP on Sunday mornings - It’s joyful, boisterous, and someone may be wearing a costume.

How our clergy is addressing antisemitism by leaning into relationships with interfaith leaders and developing allies.

Caring Community - This wonderful group of volunteers supports our congregants in some of their most challenging moments.

Greeting Congregants on the High Holy Days - getting to see so many people at once - it’s like a reunion!

Marching in the Pride Parade with Ga’avah - It’s the most fun day in downtown Indianapolis.

Circles - IHC members creating their own communities within our congregation and welcoming others to join.

Mitzvah Stitchers - Three generations of members coming together to do good and solve the world’s problems in two hours. And yes, we’ll teach you to knit or crochet.

The IHC Team - The love and dedication of our staff and the allyship of our non-Jewish team members.

Shirenu, Choir, Klezmorim, and more - all the ways that our members express their love of Judaism through music and share it with others.

Tikkun Olam - Volunteer Circle, Sisterhood’s adoption of Greenbriar Elementary, addressing hunger and homelessness — the ways that our members create a greater impact by working together continues to grow.

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“I Hear My Ancestors at the Mountain” The Sound and Story of a Special Shofar and the Person Who Plays It Back at IHC, Dr. Harold Stadler had been the longtime ba’al tekiah.

Dorson spent her childhood watching Dr. Stadler on the bimah every year. As a horn player, she was particularly enamored. “When I was a kid, I’d stand on a chair,” she recalled, ensuring that she could watch as Dr. Stadler blasted the shofar.

“I hear my ancestors at the mountain,” said Patti Freeman Dorson, IHC’s ba’alat tekiah (shofar sounder). Sometimes, when one plays a musical instrument, they are so focused on executing the performance that one can hardly hear beyond the actual sound. But Dorson is not focused on performance. She feels what she plays and wants us to feel it too.

She hears meaning in the sound and wants us to hear it.

Since 1981, she has sounded a spectacular kudu horn (a kudu is an African antelope) for the congregation. In September, the blasts of this shofar will once again call hundreds of Jews at IHC to listen, focus, and reflect during the High Holy Days. The shofar itself has a very specific sound, warm and brassy. Dorson describes it as western, the perfect fit for a trained French horn player like herself. Like Dorson’s own story of becoming the ba’alat tekiah, this particular shofar has an incredible history, rich in meaning and symbolism.

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This kudu shofar was purchased for IHC in 1979 in Israel by Rabbi Jonathan Stein, who served IHC from 1974 to 1994. Generally, ram’s horns are common among Ashkenazi Jews, specifically as a reference to the ram that Abraham sacrificed in the “Binding of Isaac” story that we read on Rosh HaShanah. Kudu horns are instead traditionally used by Yemenite Jews. They tend to be long and spiraling, giving them a distinct decorative look. As opposed to the high-pitched dissonance of the ram’s horn, the kudu provides a deep and resonant tone. Its shape and size also allow the player to access a range of pitches beyond that of the shorter ram’s horn.

In 1979, Rabbi Stein took this shofar on a special journey: the first-ever EL AL flight from Israel to Egypt. In 1978, Israel and Egypt signed historic peace accords, reopening the relationship between the two neighboring nations. Upon landing in Egypt, Rabbi Stein blew the shofar on the tarmac, its warm sound signaling the new beginning for all who could hear it.

Dorson started playing the French horn in 6th grade and was hooked.

In college, she studied music at Indiana University and continued to play into adulthood with the Carmel Symphony Orchestra. She also had some experience playing the shofar. In high school, she had her first opportunity to give the ancient instrument a try, albeit with a trumpet mouthpiece attached, sounding the shofar for the afternoon children’s services during the High Holy Days. So, in 1981, when Dr. Stadler retired, Dorson was ready to answer the call.

Dorson auditioned in front of Rabbi Stein and the Ritual Committee, chaired by Dorit Paul. Standing in front of this panel of distinguished congregants and clergy, guided by her classical training, she blew into the shofar. Out came the sound of our history. Warm and regal. The dignified voice of our people, rather than their cry. She got the job.

Before Dr. Stadler, a man named Mr. Brown was paid $5 for his shofar-playing services each year.

As far as compensation would go in 1981, the best Paul could offer was that Dorson would no longer need to arrive early to get good seats on Rosh HaShanah.

Then, there was the matter of which shofar she would play. She owned one of her own, and there were several others around IHC ready for use. But Rabbi Stein offered up the dark and deep kudu shofar. When Dorson tried it, she knew it was the right fit. It was rich, like the sound of her beloved French horn.

After the holidays, Rabbi Stein would display the beautiful kudu horn on his office windowsill. A month or so before Selichot, Rabbi Stein would mail Dorson a letter, inviting her to once again blast the shofar. On the High Holy Days, Dorson would take it out to sound it before she returned it to Rabbi Stein for the rest of the year.

Eventually, Dorson was convinced that she should take it home during the offseason for fear that the sunlight beaming into the window would damage it. Even when Dorson took it home for the year, there was an understanding that this historic shofar belonged to IHC. During her tenure as ba’alat tekiah, she only missed one year. In 1989, Dorson was pregnant. Her doctor advised her not to play or even attend services. She took this advice particularly seriously because her doctor was a member of the congregation. She fully understood the wrath he would face from the congregation for advising Dorson to sit this year out.

If he was serious enough to risk blowback from his fellow congregants, it surely was prudent advice.

When Rabbi Stein left IHC in 1994, the kudu shofar stayed behind. This shofar, an important personal object, one that he purchased and blasted on that historic trip to Egypt, was entrusted to Dorson.

“That he carried this shofar and marked this historic event, it means everything to be able to continue to use it,” she said.

There was great relief from Dorson and the congregation at the fact that the shofar would remain after Rabbi Stein’s tenure. After so many years, the community had grown accustomed to its unique sound. “I tried switching it one year, and it did not go over well,” she explained. “So I haven’t tried that again.”

Dorson has also come to appreciate the impact of being IHC’s first female ba’alat tekiah.

Reflecting on her first High Holy Days in 1981, she is struck by the fact that she stood on the bimah with IHC’s first female cantor, Janice Roger, and first female president, June Herman. She now fully realizes the importance to those in the pews of seeing women taking on various roles on the bimah. “Every year, I am overcome with emotion when women and young girls come up to me and tell me how I inspired them.”

Dorson sounding the shofar at Shapiro’s Deli - Rosh HaShanah 5786

$5 paycheck issued to Mr. Brown

Dorson inspires the next generation of shofar blasters

Letter from 1981 written by Rabbi Stein inviting Dorson to sound the Shofar during the High Holy Days Rabbi Stein sounding a shofar IHCIndy.org | JULY/AUGUST 2026 | 5

It’s now been nearly 45 years since Dorson first sounded the long and historied kudu shofar for all of IHC to hear. Though the ritual of sounding the shofar remains largely the same, for Dorson, every blast feels new. “Every year, I have a different intention when I sound the shofar. Sometimes, it is a blessing for peace or for the congregation.”

One notable intention came during the High Holy Days following the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York. “I thought about the sound of the shofar pushing the towers back up.”

Over the years, Dorson has had the honor of playing the shofar at events across the city. She visits groups of different faiths to give demonstrations. She has blasted the kudu horn to open the Center for Interfaith Cooperation’s “Festival of Faiths.” She even had the honor of sounding the shofar during the City of Indianapolis’ dedication of the Landmark for Peace Memorial sculpture in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park.

Being the one to sound the shofar gives Dorson a unique perspective on hearing its call. “I hear the mix of ancient tones and modern Western sound. I hear our ancestors at the mountain. I hear their proclamations, their communications.”

Every day during the month of Elul, leading to the High Holy Days, she blasts the horn, finding new meaning with each note. “Though I am honored to do so, it’s not about sounding the shofar; the mitzvah is about hearing the sound of the shofar,” she explained.

Yet, the sound itself still matters a great deal to her because the sound is both the messenger and the message. She focuses on how she attacks each note, the dynamics, the pitch. The sharp, piercing, rapid-fire blasts of t’ruah. The majestic sound of tekiah, like a fanfare. The attention that must be paid to the three calls of shvarim. The gentle build and subsequent fade of tekiah gedolah, the congregation also holding its breath to see how long the note can last.

It is hard enough to blow into an animal horn and produce a smooth and cohesive sound. It is another level of talent and ability to manipulate a primitive communication method into a variety of sounds; ones that evoke a variety of feelings.

Dorson plays the shofar like it is an extension of herself. Each blast reflects her emotions, her intentions, what she wants us to feel. All at once, they exit the horn in the form of waves, that universal language of music, the one that our hearts can read. When she sounds the shofar, we don’t just hear it, we feel it. Every year, Dorson gives us more than sound; she leaves a ringing in our ears and in our hearts that we carry into the new year.

Dorson sounding the Kudu Horn on Yom Kippur

Musical notations of the “Shofar Calls” written by Cantor Roger for Dorson 6 | JULY/AUGUST 2026 | IHCIndy.org

Indianapolis Star article from 1987 about Dorson

High Holy Days 5787 The High Holy Days are fast approaching. This year, we invite you to “hear the call of the shofar.” Beyond the sound of its blast, the shofar calls us to introspection and action.

This year, we have designed a variety of programs to help you hear the call in the way that is most meaningful to you.

Below are some key dates and times. Look out for more information to come at the beginging of August in our High Holy Day Book, arriving in the mail to all members, and available online at ihcindy.org/highholydays.

SELICHOT Saturday, September 5

Joint Service with Beth El-Zedeck at IHC with Special Film Screening | 7:30 p.m. - Program | 9 p.m. - Service

EREV ROSH HASHANAH Friday, September 11

ROSH HASHANAH Saturday, September 12

ROSH HASHANAH SECOND DAY Sunday, September 13

EREV YOM KIPPUR Sunday, September 10

YOM KIPPUR Monday, September 21

Traditional Service | 7:30 p.m.

Rosh HaShanah Retreat at GUCI | 9 a.m.

Tot Service | 9 a.m.

Family Service | 9:30 a.m.

Traditonal Service | 11:45 a.m.

Tashlich and Havdallah at GUCI | 3 p.m.

Shofar Blowing at IHC | 10 a.m.

Shofar Blowing at Shapiro’s | 12 p.m.

Family Picnic - Shofar Blowing/Tashlich in Carmel | 12 p.m.

Kever Avot at IHC North and South Cemeteries | 2 p.m.

Alternative Kol Nidre Experience | 5:30 p.m.

Traditional Kol Nidre Service | 7:30 p.m.

Meditative, Musical Service at GUCI | 9 a.m.

Tot Service | 9 a.m.

Family Service | 9:30 a.m.

Traditonal Service | 11:45 a.m.

Healing Service | 1:30 p.m.

Learning Session | 2:45 p.m.

Yizkor Service | 4 p.m.

N’ilah/Havdalah | 5 p.m.

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MAZEL TOV! Welcome New Member: Kelly Curry

B’nei Mitzvah Caroline Goldstein is excited to celebrate becoming bat mitzvah on August 29.

THE GREAT CHALLAH

BAKE OFF

Mazel Tov... ...to Dr. Masha Fokina on the completion of her Ph.D. ...to Steven and Nicole Kofkoff on the birth of their third child, Roselyn Ruth, sister of Harold and Esther. ...to Sloan Goldblatt, son of Valerie and Shelby Goldblatt, on his engagment to Mady Altman.

On May 15, IHC hosted its first Great Challah Bake Off. Seven challot were entered and after the over 80 votes were tallied, the winner was named. Mazel tov to Moxy Barth, our 1st place winner, as well as to Jamie Lewin and Sarah Rabin who took 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Below is Moxy’s award winning recipe.

Moxy’s Eggless Challah 4 cups (485g) Bread Flour 2 ½ tsp (10g) Instant Yeast ¼ cup + 2 tbsp (75g) Sugar 1 ½ tsp Kosher Salt 6 tbsp (90g) Neutral Oil 1 cup + 2 tbsp (260g) Warm Water 4 tbsp Maple Syrup (for glaze) 4 tbsp warm water (for glaze) 1 -In large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt, and yeast. Add oil and most of the water. Add remaining water as the dough starts to form.

2 -Knead on unfloured counter for about 10 minutes, until dough is smooth and slightly tacky.

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3 - Place dough in large oiled bowl and cover. Allow to rise until doubled in size, about 2 hours.

4 -Punch down dough and divide into three equal pieces. Flatten each piece into a thin square then roll into stand.

Using both hands, work from the middle out to elongate the strand. Braid all three strands and tuck in the ends. Place on parchment lined baking sheet and cover. Allow to rise until doubled, about one or two hours.

5 -Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 F. Make the glaze by combining maple syrup and water. When dough is ready to bake, brush the challah with the maple syrup glaze.

6 - Bake for 20 minutes then remove and brush again with remaining glaze. Bake another 15 minutes or until it reaches an internal tempurature of 201 F. Allow to cool completly before eating. Wrap tightly if not serving right away.

UPCOMING EVENTS DATES TO KNOW

EYE ON ISRAEL

JEWISH LEARNING PROGRAM

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ENDLESS SUMMERS THE LASTING IMPACT OF JEWISH SUMMER CAMP AS TOLD BY THREE GUCI ALUM TRADITION Judaism is rich in tradition, passed down from generation to generation. Religion, culture, and music, every aspect of Judaism, is steeped in tradition. It is a word so synonymous with the Jewish people that it lends itself to the opening number of the most notable pop cultural portrayal of “old-country” Jewish life. So many of these traditions seem ancient, whether they are or not. Some are uniquely Jewish-American, a product of first-generation sons and daughters of those who fled for a better life.

Jewish summer camp has become a tradition that spans multiple generations. On its surface, summer camp is a fun place to make friends, play sports, sing songs, and celebrate Shabbat. But scratch a little deeper, talk to those who spent their summers surrounded by their Jewish peers, and camp takes on a different meaning. Sure, camp creates memories. Those are of the past.

Camp has a greater impact that carries through the remainder of people’s lives. Summer spent attending and working at summer camp builds a connection to the Jewish people, teaches valuable lessons, and shapes each generation, the next in line to carry the torch when the rest of us return to the dirt below the camper’s feet - for that is the dirt that holds our people's roots.

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“GUCI has been part of my life since before I was born.”

If there was one certainty in Dr. Rob Cantor’s life, it was that he would spend his summers at Goldman Union Camp Institute (GUCI) in Zionsville. His grandmother had been a camper at the very same site where GUCI stands, once called “Big Eagle.” His father, Dr. Lou Cantor, also spent his youth at GUCI and returned as an adult to serve as the camp doctor. So before he was old enough to attend, he spent his summers living with his parents at GUCI. He started in Camp K’ton, GUCI’s day camp, as soon as he was old enough, then to GUCI’s sleepaway program, attending each summer throughout his childhood.

GUCI was fundamental in growing the seeds of Cantor’s Jewish identity, previously sown by his parents.

“What connects me the most with my Jewish identity is the customs, traditions, and values that Judaism teaches. I think GUCI enhances and supports all of those. I think the sense of Jewish community that GUCI provides was the foundation of my overall Jewish experience.”

Beyond the Judaism, GUCI also helped Cantor develop into a young adult. “It was a great place to establish my identity as a person. It was instrumental in developing a lot of life skills.”

“When people ask me to describe GUCI, I say it is a life camp for Jewish kids as opposed to a Jewish camp,” he explained. “You learn how to navigate a bunch of aspects of life, like compromise and responsibility.”

Cantor grew up to become a doctor just like his father. He spends one week a year at GUCI serving in the same role his dad did. “I'm excited to give back and follow my dad's footsteps. Everyone should try to leave a legacy in the Jewish community in some way.”

For Cantor, GUCI also provided a venue for some of his favorite family memories. Now the parent of two current GUCI campers, daughters Leigha and Eliana, he gets to make the same memories with them.

“One of my favorite memories is playing catch with my dad on the hillside. So, when I play catch with my girls, that’s really cool for me.”

There is another family tradition that has persisted throughout the entirety of Cantor’s life.

“There is a broken water fountain that hasn’t worked in 20 years. My parents started a tradition of taking a family photo there every summer.

Now we get to take that photo every year with my parents and my kids.”

GUCI MAGIC When a shy Sienna Shapiro arrived at GUCI in 2013, something changed. She had spent previous summers at Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute, where her mother served as faculty, but there was something different here. She calls it “GUCI Magic.”

As Shapiro describes it, GUCI magic is the power of GUCI to draw you back summer after summer. It’s the special memories made in the quiet, unplanned moments, between activities, in the cabins.

It’s the freedom of being a Jewish kid in a completely safe environment, surrounded by other Jewish kids.

The effect that GUCI magic had on Shapiro was life-changing. “Before camp, I was always shy. But after that first summer, my parents saw such a difference in how I interacted socially.”

Shapiro explained that this experience is not unique to her.

“GUCI is a place where campers can be themselves and explore their own thoughts and beliefs about friendship and Judaism. There is a saying among the campers that they ‘live 11 months for one’.”

Sienna Shapiro (L) and her sister, Mailya (R), as campers and as staff

As the daughter of a rabbi, Shapiro had a deep understanding of the religious aspect of Judaism. But GUCI gave her a different perspective. “Camp adds to the more cultural and traditional part of Judaism. I was able to feel the connection between nature, community, and Judaism. I was able to see how Jewish principles apply in the real world.”

Cantor family photos over the years near the broken water fountain:

Now, as a college student at Miami University, she spends her summers as a staff member at GUCI, making the magic she remembers so fondly. “As you get older, you realize that the staff creates the magic for the kids, so I always wanted to be part of it. I still get the same feelings when I come back each summer. The campers you grew up with are the staff members who work alongside you.

These are people with whom you can completely be yourself.”

When asked why she keeps coming back, she said, “You realize how much the staff did for you as a kid, and you are motivated to do the same. I think about how I will inspire the next generation of campers to be in charge.”

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“COMING BACK IS GOING HOME” When a nine-year-old Dan Nichols moved in for his first summer at GUCI, he knew very little about Judaism. “I didn’t know Hebrew, any prayers, not even motzi.” His parents had only recently converted, with the help of IHC Rabbi John Stein. So GUCI was Nichols first introduction to Jewish traditions and culture. “GUCI was like a Jewish parent to me. I fell in love with the Jewish community at GUCI.” Summer after summer, Nichols learned the songs, the prayers, and the traditions, all the while building lifelong friendships. In his second summer, he met his two best friends. He also met song leader Ian Silver, who at the time was 19 years old.

“He [Silver] had this innate ability to sing over the entire camp, no matter how loud they were.” This scene, an entire dining hall passionately and fearlessly singing the songs of their history at the hands of a college student with nothing more than a guitar, stuck with Nichols. “We were 10-year-old boys, and we were trouble, but at that moment, that moment, singing “Dodi Li” at the top of our lungs, felt like the best moment of our lives.”

But in the summer, as a song leader at GUCI, his singing served a different purpose. “The success of a song leader is not how well you perform but how well you get the group to sing along. By the end of the summer, can you get a camper who would never sing otherwise to open their voice and join in?”

For Nichols, this was electric compared to what he was working on in school. “I never got goosebumps from singing an aria, but you put me in a place where people are singing together, and I get goosebumps.”

So, at the encouragement of longtime GUCI Director Rabbi Ron Klotz, he turned his passion into a career. “I did not know that I was capable of doing this across the country. It was Rabbi Klotz who encouraged me to go to other camps and do what I had been doing at GUCI for years.” After four years of trying, Klotz finally persuaded other camp directors in the Union (URJ) to bring in Nichols in 1999.

Nichols went on to attend an artsfocused high school and subsequently studied voice at the University of North Carolina. “My training was to be a professional opera singer, studying classical European art songs. It was focused on performance, singing for people, not with people.”

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This year will be Nichols’ 27th summer touring Jewish camps. “I left North Carolina on May 30, and I won’t get back home until August 3.”

GUCI is always a stop on that tour.

“I’m going back home to where it all started for me. It feels very holy and very significant.”

After so many years, Nichols has never forgotten the feeling of being a camper and what counselors and song leaders like Silver meant to him at that age. “My greatest counselors were the ones who made me feel like I mattered to them, and if I can do that for the campers today, then that is my greatest success. If I can create moments and songs that resonate, that is an amazing thing that transcends age.”

On Tuesday, September 29, as part of our celebration of Sukkot, Dan Nichols will be performing live in our sukkah for what promises to be a magical evening.

IHC CIRCLES EUCHRE CIRCLE NEXT OPPORTUNITIES: Mondays, July 13 & 27; August 10 & 24 at 10 a.m.

MAIMONIDES - GUIDE Thursdays, July 23 & August 27 at FOR THE 6 p.m.

PERPLEXED

EUCHRE CIRCLE For a daring few, racing is Indiana’s pastime. For the rest of us, it’s euchre. This fun and strategic card game has a magical grip on Hoosiers across the state, including many here at IHC. Every month, the Euchre circle gathers at IHC, twice on Mondays at 10 a.m. and once on Thursdays at 6 p.m., for riveting, social games with just the right amount of competiton.

MAHJONGG MAVENS NEXT OPPORTUNITIES: Fridays, July 10 & 24; August 7 & 21 at 10 a.m.

Fridays, July 3, 17, & 31; August 14 & 28 at 2:30 p.m.

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JULY 6 Leo Lisker Carol Moore Shirley Schachter Morris Silver Ray Slaby JULY 7 Abe Bartick William Caplan James Careskey Selma Cowan Jonathan Dworkin Calypso Lane Herbert Moss Ruth Nisenshal Ida Spector Maurice Weisberger JULY 8 Leslie Baker Mary Ann Condon Judith Feldman Clara Gumberts Joseph Mortimer Mann Sofiya Peysekhman Samuel Richman William Wechter JULY 9 Inga Beiman Thelma Medias Arthur Rose JULY 10 Shirley Cohen Meyer Efroymson Jerry Paskoff Jorge Roman-Lagunas Arthur Rose Stephen Winn JULY 11 Shoshana Bronicki Hannah Dee Beatrice Fisher Benjamin Garelick Mary Ellen Harrington Dorothy Michaels Marvin Nickbarg Leopold Oesterreicher Kathe Rothholz Sarah Spasser

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JULY 12 Alice Blumenthal Milton Gilbert Herb Greenwald Ruth Kushner Bess Perk Rose Root Rose Rosen James Ruekberg Arnold Satz Margie Shane Barbara Wolf Sicanoff Harriet Weinstein JULY 13 Louis Heilbrun Philip Lasley Louis Lemberger Esther Paris Pauline Ressler Meyer Smith JULY 14 Joseph Druker Richard Falender Yolanda Foster Adlah Grossman Ida Kappelman Bonnie Maret-Bennett Robert Rose Arlene Rosenthal Edward Wormser Harold Yalowitz JULY 15 Monroe Alt Mary Appel Harry Asher Ruth Chernin Brodey William Hantman JULY 16 Phyllis Goodman Betty Arkin Greenberg Alan Levinsohn Lori Popp Moss Julia Marion Ratzman Miriam Turetzky Dan Yerushalmi

JULY 17 David Baerncopf James Fishman Elizabeth Friedmann Perry Goldstein Sophie Hersh Harold Jaffe Sylvia Lefkovitz Charles Levine Marcia Levine Louis Logan Lawrence Mayer Benjamin Shapiro Herman Vaprin Raymond Waldman JULY 18 Sol Bodner Herschel Erwin Cohen Milton Ettinger Joseph Wiener JULY 19 Samuel Ancel Jack Bulloff Robert Fruehman Jeanne Hirsch Florence Jacobson Rose Jaffe Lina Janovsky Goodman Miller Marlana Wein Ruth Yosha JULY 20 Morris Dee Richard Jacobs Carlis Johnson S. Carroll Kahn, Jr. Dorothy Krieger Erna Lindauer Carleen Paul Susie Plew Boris Rabin JULY 21 Anthony Philip Berk Sarah Goldberg Edith Miller Abraham Spasser Melanie Weiss Genevieve Wolf

JULY 22 Edward Berebitsky Alec Bullock Bryan Davis Mary Holloway Bertha Immerman Emmanuel Meyer Saul Rabb Lester Rosenthal, Jr. Harry Rubenstein David Scheer JULY 23 Arthur Cassell Roz Chall Emanuel Fihn David Friedlander Abe Jacobson Marvin Kranz Hyman Kulback Manuel Segal Sarah Williams Vaprin JULY 24 Frank Bodner Harry Chaifetz George Citizen William Cohen Gertrude Joseph Esther Krinsky Rebecca Levine Shirley Marks Regina Mendelson David Nelson Herman Schuchman Edward Sigalow Dennis Silverstein Celia Zimmerman Myron Zwick JULY 25 Irving Chandler Willard Lefoy Comer Hymie Holowitz Richard Kaplan Gloria Nelson Christopher Sapecky Evelyn Ungar Samuel Winograd JULY 26 Miriam Adolph Joseph Ehrenwald Jean Goodman Molly Calderon Jacobs Mack Katz Dorothy "Dotty" Meyers Walter Moos Louis Rapoport Phil Rosentraub Albert Schierhorst Adele Gold Silver Clyde Sussman

JULY 27 Ben Broock Jean Ann Dover Ryan Fritsche Ronetta Kahn Sydell Joy Lewis Dorothy Friedland Mantel Anna Mell Philip Pecar Ruth Rosenberg William Stein Lev Veygman JULY 28 Charles Cohen Jacob Hays Herbert Larman Harry Lazerov Thea Kahn Lindauer Bernard Isaac Sosin Esther Weiner Jodi Wrubel JULY 29 Gloria Baerncopf Charles Efroymson, Sr. James Feeney Irving Rockmore Stephanie Seleman JULY 30 Bert Jaffe Eugena Kantina Mary "Betty" Klapper Diane Kramer Wendy Susan Mossler Rose Rappaport Allen Redman Janet Rothbard Percy Segal Roger Sergeant JULY 31 Andrew Bartick Lillian Cutler Charles Epstein Morris Fishman Lisl Fruehman Rachel Gitsis Moses Goldberg Constance Goldblatt Rosalyn Rifkin Susan Roseff Albert Simon Fyodor Zamorsky *as of 06/01/26

August Yahrzeits AUGUST 1 Sol Bergstein Ruth Eddis Paul Kaufmann Max Lieberman Rose Nortman Carolyn Perlman Rose Rosner Hyman Taylor Debbie Zukof

AUGUST 7 Harry Cohen Renate Eckman Lena Glass Mollie Glick John Winslow Hiser Phyllis Jordan Inge Levenbach Charlie Scheffler Marion Weil

AUGUST 12 Luke Borinstein Lisa Borinstein Emma Borinstein Bill Duncanson Kenneth Goldstein Susan Schiller Leibow Judith Pattinger Maurel Rothbaum Daniel Wolf

AUGUST 2 Al Danenberg Jacob Dee Toby Fettner Joe Gerson Janet Harris Natalie Joseph Rose Lehner Leo Miller Charlotte Mae Schiff Esther Silberman

AUGUST 8 Eleanor Alexander Nancy Bonhomme Maureen Greenfield Crespo Marlene Epstein Howard Kraner Melvin Patterson Lobb Rachel Lowe Ruth Medias Maurice Newman Joan Ossip Kurt Pauker Hannah Fagie Rosen Israel Simon Harry Edward Stein Fred Steingold Esther Tolmach

AUGUST 13 Bob Barcheck Rose Bassler Sarah Michelle Cohen Marie Efroymson Judy Foster Rose Foster Robbie Greenberger Sidney Josephson Louis Levy Max Mayer Natalie Reed Loretta Glazier Rose Rodney Shepherd

AUGUST 3 Alfred Cahn Helga Careskey Esther Cavannaugh Arthur Cohen David Dlott Elliott Fuldauer Sidney Greenberger Bluma Grynheim Mabelle Hendleman Morris Hillman David Krieger Arthur Mitlak Ethyl Arnold Morse Michael Albert Rodgers Pearl Shonfield Alda Speicher Charles Sydney Mitchell Amich Tavel AUGUST 4 Carol Behr Hilda Bergstein Mark Braun Irving Cohen Bonnie Goodman Ella Katona Fannye Levy Robert Markus Nathan Nisenbaum Jake Schneider Harry Solomon Harry Stadler Frances Whitson AUGUST 5 Richard Carl Law Isadore Rosenfield Rebecca Stoner June Sussman Ernest Winter AUGUST 6 Morris Bank Donald Bell Zelda Epstein Albert Goldhamer Harvey Kahane Lee Leventhal A. Edward Mantel Ethel Roth Bette Schnur Celia Segal Rosadelle Spanier

AUGUST 9 Floyd Freeman Katherine Langman Jacob "Jack" Nelson Celia Segal Jeno Stern Anne Wohlmuth Blanche Wolf AUGUST 10 Adolph Biccard Charles Phillip Cohen Lottie Cooper Sara Kolodin Hugh Metzger Isadore Mirkin Sidney Rice Mayme Tavel Peggy Young Mitchell AUGUST 11 Marvin Bromberg Sam Eisenberg Florence Goldberg Ralph Helms Gladys Hurwitz Charles Karsch Joseph Orenstein Paul Paul Andrew Brian Stein Tillie Sussman

AUGUST 14 Steve Ancel Jules Barrash Marcus Borinstein Abe Borinstein Marcus Borinstein George Bremen Monie Chasteen Steve Gavin Henry Kahn Janice Patchett Mary Reath Marcus Simon Christopher Leon Walsh Anne Satulsky Zwirn AUGUST 15 Adolf Bildstein Marvin Buckler Charles Butcher, Jr. Barbara Cohn Eugene Fishman Frances Guggenheim Harry David Mark Helen Rohde Cyril-Ann Rosenberg Morris Rothbard Elizabeth Rudick Augusta Selig Carolyn Winn AUGUST 16 Joseph Dee Raymond Asher Goodman Phyllis Himelstein Lily Katz Baron Gene Klein Kiefer Lazarus Phyllis Netzorg George Owens Bradford Pearl Sylvia Stavitsky Judy Upman

AUGUST 17 Folkert Theo Anema Eric Bram Max Braunstein Steve Dansker Albert Krauthamer June Lerman Lerner Howard Bob Mass Grace Nefouse Herman Nides Leo Paul Edith Poller Henry Schahet Beverly Schiff Kathryn Zander AUGUST 18 Elizabeth Goldsmith Daniel Goodman Morris Jaffe Ann Baker Katz Richard Frank Katz David Kempler Gertrude Layton Edis Lewis Parkans Joseph Ruekberg Frances Segal Blanche Sulkin AUGUST 19 Pearl Agriss Donald Bogar Sophie Kaplan Bogar Ralph Doehrman Deborah Cooper Downs Jacob Goodman Harry Kaufman Ernest Mayer Joel Sherman Morse Elliott Nelson Nancy Rosenbaum Dena Schoenberg AUGUST 20 Walter Bellman Sidney Ehrenwald Helen Engelberg Yudit Fichman James Guilford Ida Kelber Herbert Klineman Jeanette Shonfield Louis Skolnick AUGUST 21 Robert Bodner Manuel Freeman Selma Herman Janet Koppelson Milton Law Helen Medias Barbara Pomeranz Minnie Roth Miriam Schwartz Robert Wides David Zoll

AUGUST 22 Mindie Bailie Kim Barcheck David Broxmeyer Helen Gittleman Bess Goldstein Betsy Lutz Bette Grosch Lyons Casey Ribicoff Esther Slutzky Rosenberg AUGUST 23 Justin Gould Robert Grow Brett Henry Norman Kahn Rhea Leffel Krulewitch Anita Lowe Robert Lowe Jane Schloss Starter Schreibman Belle Leff Simon Marguerite Stewart Edward Traugott AUGUST 24 William Baron Stanley Craig Carol Finkel Melvin First Richard Glasser Samuel Koby Mose Levenstein Jason McCune Gloria Marlene Schwartz Laney Silver Rose Simon AUGUST 25 Ruth Cahn Gary Garelick Robert Helford Donald Loganofsky David Lowensohn Samuel Mantel Arnold Patterson AUGUST 26 Harriett Borman Lena Cohen Micki Lurvey Cooley Robert "Tony" Anthony Cooper Henry Fleck Becky Levin Beatrice Mantel Ruth Nassau Harry Oshrin Don Rogowski Sheldon Siegel Rita Stark Louis Wolf William Wolf Shirley Wormser

AUGUST 27 Sallie Dodson Ryan Barrett Frida Fishova Daniel Hewitt Asher Hyatt Isaac Perlstein Anna Sugarman Bailee Elise Terman Edna Weiner AUGUST 28 Sophie Sablosky Blieden Esther Cohen Fogel Morrie Gumbiner Alex Levinsohn Marvin Rubner Abe Saperstein Dora Cohen Simon AUGUST 29 Jennifer "Jenni" Berebitsky Emmanuel Burman Ronald Cottman Augusta Dee Lillian Fox Edward Kahn Morris Kerschenblat Myron Rapkin Ernest Roth AUGUST 30 Mildred "Muncie Cohen Gertrude Foster Evelynne Fuldauer Fred Gerber Sara Golderg Bertha Greenberg Inge Hauschild Matilda Hurwitz Hy Jacobs Eugene Kaplan Mona Levy Max Mandel David Mustin Raymond Oden Stella Winkelman AUGUST 31 Louis W. Bookheim, Jr. Al Booth Carolyn Brinkley Susan Cohen Harriet Dauber Margo Wendy Gottesman Mollie Guntman Samuel C Henry Katy Sandler Lazerov Frances Rothschild Louis Schwartz *as of 06/02/26

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