Israel Scholarships

Israel Scholarships

The Israel Scholarship Committee of the Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies administers a
limited amount of financial assistance for high school and college students to travel and study in Israel. Students participating in approved programs will be eligible for assistance for the upcoming summer based upon financial need. Over the past eighteen years, over 108 students have been recipients of grants totaling $85,600.

Scholarships will be awarded from individual endowment funds, which have been established by
donors for this special purpose. The Foundation administers the following funds, which provide
Israel scholarships:

Jeannette & Sydney S. Abzug Fund

Joel & Norman Katz Memorial Fund

Dr. Nathan & Toby Ticktin Back Fund

Mary F. Levine Fund

Hyman & Ruth Benatovich Memorial Fund

Lila & Shay Mintz Fund

Joseph and Anna Gartner Foundation Fund

Nobel Family Fund

Dr. Irwin & Sylvia Ginsberg Fund

Harvey & Nancy Schiller Fund

Mildred & Jack Haniford Fund

Anna Schwartz Memorial Fund

Milton J. Hurwitz Fund

Howard & Leslie Zemsky Israel Experience Fund

Dvorah & Donald Joseph Fund

Donors have the satisfaction of helping young people have an experience of a lifetime and seeing the income from their gift used year after year for countless students into the future. Such funds are dedicated in the donor's name or to honor or memorialize loved ones. Donors may also designate qualifications for scholarship recipients; i.e., members of a particular temple or students at a particular school.

The goal of the Israel Scholarship Committee is to encourage participation of our young people in structured and supervised programs of travel to Israel under Jewish organizational auspices. Applications will be reviewed by a volunteer committee composed of members active in religious and communal institutions in the area and grants will be awarded on the basis of three factors: financial need, demonstrated Jewish commitment and the potential to make a contribution to the Jewish community.

R E Q U E S T A N A P P L I C A T I O N

I would like to request an application for an Israel Scholarship from the Foundation.

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I am a resident of Erie Niagara County (Grants are restricted to Jewish individuals who reside in Erie or Niagara County, New York.)

The deadline for 2009 has passed. Please look again in January 2010.
Thank you.

The Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies
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