JFAR strengthens our Jewish community, cares for Jews in need, ensures a Jewish future in Arkansas, and supports global Jewry.

Here’s how:

Strengthening our Jewish Community

• JFAR serves as the central resource for Jewish news and events across our statewide Jewish community.

• JFAR offers and supports high-quality Jewish cultural and educational programming for the entire community.

• JFAR organizes Jewish community participation in mitzvah projects for local charitable organizations.

• JFAR provides financial support to charitable organizations in and around Arkansas that make a difference in the lives of Jewish community members.

Care for Jews in Need

• JFAR’s Family Services Committee provides financial assistance in response to requests from Jewish individuals and families in need. This assistance is supported by the Glenn Lowitz Memorial CASE/Family Services Fund.

• JFAR maintains a database of social services in Arkansas.

• JFAR provides caregiving and aging programs and services, including a social worker position, which is supported by a fund, established by Steve, Susan, and Trip Strauss, in memory of their parents Shirley and Sam Strauss.

• JFAR sends special emergency funds to help victims of local, national, and international disasters and crises.

Ensure a Jewish Future in Arkansas

• JFAR provides scholarships to Jewish youth in our community to attend Jewish camp, Jewish preschool, and to study in Israel.

• JFAR provides financial assistance for young adults to attend Jewish conferences to further their leadership development and involvement in the Jewish community.

• JFAR, in partnership with the Sisterhoods of Congregations Agudath Achim and B’nai Israel, subscribes to the PJ Library Program, which provides free Jewish books and/or music monthly to 100+ Jewish children ages 6 months-8 years living in Arkansas.

• JFAR helps fund the Hillel chapter at Hendrix College and University of Arkansas. JFAR also supports the Jewish Studies program at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.