Rabbi Dr. Aaron Spiegel

Executive Director/President, GIMA

The Greater Indianapolis Multifaith Alliance gathers faith leaders representing diverse religious traditions into a sacred friendship, in order to collaborate on civic projects that serve the common good of greater Indianapolis, making our city a more equitable place.

Aaron was a founding director of, and congregational consultant for, the Center for Congregations, and architect of the Congregational Resource Guide. Aaron served on the board of Synagogue 3000, then as its president and CEO. During this tenure, he and Rabbi Lawrence Hoffman established the Synagogue Studies Institute which still operates as the only synagogue-focused research organization, collecting and interpreting data about synagogues for the American congregational landscape.

After acting as Interim Executive Director for the Indianapolis Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC), he accepted the role of inaugural director of Greater Indianapolis Multifaith Alliance (GIMA).