Kulanu July/August 2026

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The Power of Words

By Rabbi Brett Krichiver

“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.

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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 otherswe 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.

“I Hear My Ancestors at the Mountain”

The Sound and Story of a Special Shofar and the Person Who Plays It

“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.

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.

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.

Dorson started playing the French horn in 6 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.”

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t’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.

SELICHOT

Saturday, September 5

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.

EREV ROSH HASHANAH

Friday, September 11

ROSH HASHANAH

Saturday, September 12

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

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.

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 1 place winner, as well as to Jamie Lewin and Sarah Rabin who took 2 and 3 respectively. Below is Moxy’s award winning recipe.

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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.

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

J E W I S H L E A R N I N G P R O G R A M

J E W I H L E A R N I N G P R O G R A M

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.

“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.”

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’.”

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.”

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.”

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.”

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.”

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.

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

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.

Thursdays, July 23 & August 27 at 6 p.m.

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.

JULY 1

Joseph Ackerman

Samuel Fisher

Samuel Goldman

Amalie Lion

Albert Oshrin

Madeline Ruekberg

Adella Teixler

Gussie Tesser

Pessia Tokar

JULY 2

Rosa Aronchik

Diana Chenoweth

Morris Epstein

Hattie Wulf Feldman

Harry Goldberg

Olga Hindman

Ralph Olsen

Hermine Shapiro

Raya Vengerko

JULY 3

Margaret Apostle

Rosa Borodaty

Richard Hertz

Goldie Kramer

Mel Micon

Halima Ben Neria

Andrew Reed

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Jack Wakefield

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JULY 4

Sigmund Asher

William Gershman

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Sidney Netzorg

Louis Schabler

Mary Snellenberg

Rose Talesnick

Claudia Talesnick

JULY 5

Marjorie Cohn

Fredric Fogle

Esther Schwartz

Michael Waldman

JULY 6

Leo Lisker

Carol Moore

Shirley Schachter

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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

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Sofiya Peysekhman

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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

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Marvin Nickbarg

Leopold Oesterreicher

Kathe Rothholz

Sarah Spasser

JULY 12

July Yahrzeits

Alice Blumenthal

Milton Gilbert

Herb Greenwald

Ruth Kushner

Bess Perk

Rose Root

Rose Rosen

James Ruekberg

Arnold Satz

Margie Shane

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Sicanoff

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JULY 13

Louis Heilbrun

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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 1

Sol Bergstein

Ruth Eddis

Paul Kaufmann

Max Lieberman

Rose Nortman

Carolyn Perlman

Rose Rosner

Hyman Taylor

Debbie Zukof

AUGUST 2

Al Danenberg

Jacob Dee

Toby Fettner

Joe Gerson

Janet Harris

Natalie Joseph

Rose Lehner

Leo Miller

Charlotte Mae Schiff

Esther Silberman

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 7

Harry Cohen

Renate Eckman

Lena Glass

Mollie Glick

John Winslow Hiser

Phyllis Jordan

Inge Levenbach

Charlie Scheffler

Marion Weil

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 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 Yahrzeits

AUGUST 12

Luke Borinstein

Lisa Borinstein

Emma Borinstein

Bill Duncanson

Kenneth Goldstein

Susan Schiller Leibow

Judith Pattinger

Maurel Rothbaum

Daniel Wolf

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 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

INDIANAPOLIS

HEBREW CONGREGATION

6501 North Meridian Street

Indianapolis, Indiana 46260

IHCINDY ORG | 317-255-6647 Non-profit Organization

CLERGY

SENIOR RABBI

Brett Krichiver CANTOR

Aviva Marer CANTOR EMERITA

Janice L Roger

E D U C A T I O N

DIRECTOR OF LIFELONG LEARNING

Rabbi Roxanne Shapiro

EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER DIRECTOR

Jodi Kaseff

YOUTH ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR

Leah Matthys

A D M I N I S T R A T I O N EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Peter Smithhisler

ACCOUNTING MANAGERS

Adrienne Aronson-White

Elaine M. Wells

COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST

Blake Kraus

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS

Kendra Steele

Colleen King

CLERGY COORDINATOR

Katie Borman

MAINTENANCE

Gary Davis

Joyce Patterson

SECURITY

Willard Mosley

Nikki Boone

Shawn Boone

Hawaii Lee

Kareem McGraw

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PRESIDENT

Jennifer Vigran

VICE PRESIDENT

Jaclyn Grahl

VICE PRESIDENT

Jeff Rubenstein

TREASURER

Eric Simons

SECRETARY

Carly Traynor

Immediate Past President

Sarah Freeman

Sisterhood President

Elyse Chuvalas

US Postage PAID

Indianapolis, IN Permit No. 819

MEMBERS AT LARGE

Benjamin Abraham

Lorraine Ball

Steve Bulloff

Kate Duffy Sim

Ken Gould

Matt Kaprove

Stevie Pactor

Marci Price

Julian Shepard

Polly Spiegel

Drew Soshnick

Dodie Stein

Carly Turow