Purim
Community Calendar
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Mar 3, 2026
Mar
1 2026
Board & Bloom: A Purim Gathering for Women
11:00AM - 1:00PM
Etz Chaim Sephardic Congregation
6939 Hoover Road
Indianapolis, 46260
Board & Bloom 🌸
A Pre-Purim Women’s Gathering
Sunday, March 1
11:00 AM
$25
Join us for a fun and inspiring pre-…
Mar
1 2026
JCC Community Purim Party
2:00PM - 4:00PM
JCC
6701 Hoover Rd.
Indianapolis, IN 46260
Celebrate Purim with JCC and HHAI - costumes, games, snacks and entertainment
Mar
1 2026
Gala Celebrating Kindness a Tribute to Sybil Mervis & Julie and Mike Mervis
5:30PM - 11:00PM
Congregation Shaarey Tefilla
3085 West 116th Street
Carmel, IN 46032
Join us for an evening honoring generosity & compassion of Sybil Mervis & Julie and Mike Mervis on March 1, 2026 at C…
Mar
2 2026
Purim Family Celebration
6:00PM - 8:00PM
Monday, March 2nd, 6PM
Silly Safaris Show and Meet and Greet Starting 6PM Come earlt to be ready at 6
For Children …
Mar
2 2026
Adult Purim Spiel
7:00PM - 8:30PM
BEZ's famous Purim spiel starring Rabbi Hal Schevitz and Cantor Melissa Cohen.
Mar
2 2026
Community Purim Celebration
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Etz Chaim Sephardic Congregation
6939 Hoover Road
Indianapolis, 46260
Community Purim Celebration
Monday, March 2
7:00 PM
Join us for
Tefilla and Reading Megillat Esther
Wear costumes f…
Mar
3 2026
Community Purim Celebration
5:30PM - 7:30PM
Chabad Center for Jewish Life
2640 West 96th Street
Carmel, IN 46268
Purim Seudah Celebration
Mar
4 2026
70 Faces Torah Class
7:30PM - 9:00PM
Chabad Center For Jewish Life
2640 W. 96th Street
Carmel, IN 46032
70 Faces - An Informal Torah Class At Chabad.
We aim to meet weekly on either Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday (likely…
Mar
5 2026
African & Jewish Young Professionals Meetup
6:30PM - 8:00PM
Location provided upon RSVP.
We’re bringing together African and Jewish young professionals (22–45) for an easygoing, welcoming evening to mee…
Mar
8 2026
Non-Fiction Book Club
12:00PM - 1:30PM
Maurer Jewish Community Library
6705 Hoover Rd
Indianapolis, IN 46260
The Jewish Community Library’s next Non-Fiction Book Club will be reading HEART OF A STRANGER by Angela Buchdahl,…
Mar
8 2026
Know. Respond. Report.
3:00PM - 4:30PM
Laikin Auditorium, JCC
6705 Hoover Rd
Indianapolis, IN 46260
Jewish students are increasingly encountering antisemitism in classrooms from both the far right and the far left. Jo…
Mar
8 2026
Looking Up Screening & Program
7:00PM - 9:00PM
JCC Indianapolis
6701 Hoover Road
Indianapolis, IN 46260
LOOKING UP tells the inspiring story of Eitan Armon, a young man battling progressive blindness from Retinitis Pigmen…
Mar
9 2026
Senior Stroll at Holliday Park - with JFS Thrive
9:30AM - 11:00AM
Holliday Park Nature Center
6363 Spring Mill Rd
Indianapolis, IN 46260
Senior Stroll at Holliday Park
Join JFS Thrive at this Holliday Park initiative. Follow along as a naturalist leads …
Mar
11 2026
Voices of the Generations
7:00PM - 8:30PM
Laikin Auditorium, JCC
6705 Hoover Rd
Indianapolis, IN 46260
In 1953, Hanna Bloch Kohner became the first Holocaust survivor to share her story with a national television audienc…
Mar
11 2026
70 Faces Torah Class
7:30PM - 9:00PM
Chabad Center For Jewish Life
2640 W. 96th Street
Carmel, IN 46032
70 Faces - An Informal Torah Class At Chabad.
We aim to meet weekly on either Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday (likely…
Mar
12 2026
Thrive at CIVIC: Scarlet Letter
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre
3 Carter Green
Carmel, IN 46032
Join the Thrive Social Group for a night of theater at CIVIC. Tickets are free and available first to current Thrive …
Mar
15 2026
JFS Pickle for Purpose
9:15AM - 1:00PM
Pickle for Purpose
Join us March 15 for Pickle for Purpose, a pickleball tournament benefiting Jewish Family Service…
Mar
16 2026
Israeli Craft & Wine Night – NEXTGen Women Community
6:00PM - 8:30PM
Domont Auditorium
Join us for an unforgettable evening filled with creativity, culture, and connection!
Mar
18 2026
AI and Disinformation - JFS Thrive and Senior Planet
2:00PM - 3:30PM
CJEL Building at the Jewish Federation
6711 Hoover Rd
Indianapolis, IN 46260
Join JFS Thrive and Senior Planet for this free workshop.
AI and Disinformation:
Seeing might not mean believing any…
Mar
18 2026
BEZ Rosh Hodesh Chocolate Seder
7:00PM - 8:30PM
Celebrate Rosh Hodesh and Passover with a chocolate-themed seder with Cantor Melissa Cohen.
Mar
18 2026
70 Faces Torah Class
7:30PM - 9:00PM
Chabad Center For Jewish Life
2640 W. 96th Street
Carmel, IN 46032
70 Faces - An Informal Torah Class At Chabad.
We aim to meet weekly on either Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday (likely…
Mar
19 2026
Art Gallery Opening Reception - Matt "ROSEY" Rosebrough
5:30PM - 7:00PM
JCC Art Gallery
6701 Hoover Road
Indianapolis, IN 46460
Please join us in celebrating the opening of the latest gallery exhibit in the JCC Gallery.
Mar
22 2026
Congregation Beth Shalom Mahjongg Mania
12:30PM - 4:00PM
Congregation Beth Shalom
3085 W. 116 St
Carmel, IN 46032
Join us for an afternoon of friendship, food, prizes and of course, mahjongg!
Mar
22 2026
Passover Seder for the Multifaith Community
3:00PM - 5:00PM
JCC Indianapolis
Arthur M. Glick JCC
6701 Hoover Road
Indianapolis, IN 46260
Join us for a unique Seder where faith leaders and community partners come together to explore the traditions, symbol…
Mar
24 2026
Fall Prevention at the Thrive Monthly Meetup
12:00PM - 1:30PM
CJEL Building at the Jewish Federation
6711 Hoover Rd
Indianapolis, IN 46260
The JFS Thrive Monthly Meetup gathers every 4th Tuesday of the month in the CJEL (the building in the front left of c…
Mar
25 2026
70 Faces Torah Class
7:30PM - 9:00PM
Chabad Center For Jewish Life
2640 W. 96th Street
Carmel, IN 46032
70 Faces - An Informal Torah Class At Chabad.
We aim to meet weekly on either Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday (likely…