It has now been a year since the Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis announced its first cohort of 36 under 36.
The 36 under 36 designation identifies and honors young Jewish professionals under the age of 36 within the Indianapolis area, many of whom are also emerging leaders within the local and national Jewish community. In the year since, many of the honorees have continued their impressive professional and philanthropic endeavors, taking on leadership roles within the Jewish and wider community!

"We are thrilled to have been able to organize this first cohort to identify future community leaders, and we are immensely proud to see all that they have accomplished in the last year" JFGI's Chief Executive Officer Marc Swatez states, "We know that they will continue to make a positive impact on this community."

Here is a list of what many of the individual 36 under 36 honorees have accomplished in the past year:

• Joshua Abrams is assisting Todd and Linda Maurer with the new Maurer Koach Program and was recently named
Partnership2Gether Western Galilee’s Young Adults Co-Chair.
• David Calderon was accepted to the Maurer Koach Program inaugural cohort.
• Elyssa DiRaddo is the NEXTGen Committee Chair, and is now on the JFGI Board of Directors.
• Michael Gorin is serving on the Federation’s Finance Committee.
• Marina Grabovsky is attending national and international Jewish missions and is on the Jewish Agency for Israel-North American Council Board of Advisors.
• Alexandra Segal joined the staff at Congregation Beth-El Zedeck in the Marketing and Communications department.
• Julie Singer is serving as an Annual Campaign Cabinet Volunteer.
• Mollie Tavel Kaback is a member of the Federation’s Lion of Judah and Pomegranate Step Up Program.
• Carly Traynor is serving as the leader of the Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation social circle: Ga'avah (Pride),
which brings together and celebrates the Jewish LGBTQ+ community of IHC.
• Ben Grande was elected vice chair of the JCC board, participating in the Slingshot Fellowship Program (a leadership program for young Jewish philanthropists).
• David Katz joined the JCC Board, the J’s Arts & Education Committee, and participated in the Frank-Larner Leadership Academy.
• Abbie Lande has worked on rebuilding her speech therapy private practice and is working toward obtaining additional certifications within the speech therapy field.

Erica Abrams, Joshua Abrams, Cara Berg Raunick, Marina Grabovsky, Ben Grande, Chana Grossbaum, Dovid Grossbaum, Brian Hoffman, Eli Isaacs, Rachel Katz, Andrew Lodolo, Daniel Resnick, Rebecca Schalit-Newman, Katherine Schwartz, Ruth Siegel, Mollie Tavel Kaback, Carly Traynor, Alexandra Weiss, and Reva Weiss continue to serve in leadership positions within the Indianapolis Jewish Community. Congratulations to all of the 36 Under 36 cohort for all of your impactful work!