Thank you to everyone who supported the 17th Annual Jane B. Mendel Tikkun Olam Celebration: Sparks of Hope!!

Sparks of Hope - A Virtual Gala Celebration Program:

• Introduction:

  • Sparks of Hope Artwork created by children around the state

• Greetings:

  • Former President Bill Clinton

  • Governor Asa Hutchinson

  • Eric Fingerhut - CEO/President Jewish Federations of North America

  • Leslie Singer - Emcee

  • Yahelle Yaccoby - Executive Director, JFAR

  • Philip Axelroth - President, JFAR

• Recognition of Past Grand Honorees

• Highlights from Arkansas Jewish Community Members

• Performances by Jewish Arkansans:

  • Malia Anderson

  • Rabbi Katie Bauman

  • Jana Cohen

  • Dr. Jonathan Dranoff

  • Dr. Alan Gosman

  • Elizabeth Cohen & Meg Marion with the “Here Comes the Sun” participants:

    • Singing their hearts out

      • Teddy Ferguson, Isabella Ifrah, Larry Jacobs, Mira Krain, Phillip & Sam Levin,Virginia Vann, Eliza & Talia Vella, and Eden Willis

      • With Larry Jacobs as The Whistler

    • Pictured in the sun, snow, trees, and sledding

      • Evie, Nate, & Steven Dranoff, Gabe & Sadie Elson, Lily Gordon Brock & Larry Jacobs, Brady, Jacob & Zev Kleinman Milo, & Mira Krain, Jacob Lehr, Phillip & Sam Levin, Hadar & Shoshanna Metilly, Hallie Pingel, Hannah & Mimi, Louis & Tillie Reagler, Andrew & Edward Stafford, Eden Willis, Justin & Phillip Young

    • Artists depicting sun, snow, and birds

      • Milo Krain, Phillip & Sam Levin, Hadar & Shoshanna Metilly

“Without me and you and the person across the street… that’s the people that make up the heart and the soul. That’s what Tikkun Olam is all about. Everybody, just one spark… it’s all the little stars that make up the sky.”

- Carol Mendel

Thank you to our sponsors for sharing their spark with us!