JFGI Connections

These are the voices that connect us as a Jewish community.

Caretaker Tech Tips for Helping Their Elderly Parents

By Katya Klauz, Jewish Family Services

Someone very insightful once wrote “A transition period is a period between two transition periods.” I recently found myself transitioning into a life of the “sandwich generation” at almost 50 years old. I became a grandmother and a part-time m…

Jordan Paraboschi: Giving and Generosity is Jewish Teachings of Tzedakah

School & Grade: Rising 12th Grader at Carmel High School

Passionate About the Cause of: Providing Necessary Health Care to All

Participants in the YoPhI Teen Board have spent the last eight months working in collaboration with the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and its Lake Institu…

Maddie Mundy: Being a Philanthropist is Just Who I Am

School & Grade: Rising 12th Grader at North Central High School

Passionate About the Cause of: Educating Others

Participants in the YoPhI Teen Board have spent the last eight months working in collaboration with the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and its Lake Institute on Faith & G…

Allie Barrett – What Does it Mean to Be a Jewish Teen Philanthropist

Participants in the YoPhI Teen Board have spent the last eight months working in collaboration with the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and its Lake Institute on Faith & Giving towards a Certificate in Youth Philanthropic Leadership. Over the next few weeks, you’ll be able to read r…

Community Leaders Gain Cultural Experience Through Partnership Region Visit

In February, Jewish Community Relations Council Assistant Director David Sklar and Marshawn Wolley, a Lecturer at the O’Neil School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IUPUI, joined a delegation of nine other communities for Partnership2gether Western Galilee’s inaugural Community Opi…