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Arthur M. Glick Jewish Community Center
Arthur M. Glick Jewish Community Center

Established in 1914, the Jewish Community Center (JCC) was originally part of the and housed in the Federation’s Communal Building… Read More »Arthur M. Glick Jewish Community Center

Babe Denny
Babe Denny

Babe Denny is a near southside community bordered by South Street, Madison Avenue, Morris Street, and West Street. Settlement of… Read More »Babe Denny

Maurice Davis
Maurice Davis

(Dec. 15, 1920 – Dec. 14, 1993). Rabbi Maurice Davis was an outspoken civil rights activist who used secular and… Read More »Maurice Davis

Sarah Wolf Goodman
Sarah Wolf Goodman

(Mar. 25, 1886- Nov. 4, 1975). Sarah Goodman’s family moved from Vienna, Austria, to the United States while Sarah was… Read More »Sarah Wolf Goodman

Hadassah

Hadassah is an international women’s voluntary organization with over 300,000 members. Founded in 1912 by Henrietta Szold, the Jewish organization… Read More »Hadassah

Jewish Community
Jewish Community

Throughout its history, the Jewish community of Indianapolis has comprised approximately 1 percent of the city’s total population. Jewish immigration… Read More »Jewish Community

Jewish Community Relations Council

The Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) is the public affairs, interfaith, intergroup, and media relations agency for the greater Indianapolis… Read More »Jewish Community Relations Council

Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis
Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis

Founded in 1905, the Jewish Federation of Indianapolis was one of the earliest examples of the new Jewish federated giving… Read More »Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis

Jewish Post and Opinion
Jewish Post and Opinion

Following graduation from the University of North Carolina, Gabriel Cohen (1908-2007) established the Chronicler Spokesman, which became the Kentucky Jewish… Read More »Jewish Post and Opinion

Klan’s 1920s Boycott of the Jewish Community

The Indianapolis Klan’s 1920s boycott of the Jewish community was a pivotal event in the history of Indianapolis, marking a… Read More »Klan’s 1920s Boycott of the Jewish Community

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