Camp Scholarships
Jewish Federation
The Jewish Federation offers special scholarship
coupons for campers attending a Jewish residential camp
for the first time. The program is designed to encourage
youngsters to try a Jewish overnight camp for the first
time. It reflects a belief that Jewish summer camping is
an ideal way to strengthen Jewish identity by immersing
campers in a Jewish environment filled with fun, challenges
and learning. The hope is that once campers get a taste
of Jewish summer camping, they will return summer after
summer. For further information, contact the Jewish
Federation at 312-444-2904.
Campership Program of Chicago
The Campership Program of Chicago will provide
campers attending a Jewish overnight camp for the first
time with grants regardless of income. To qualify, you
must
live in
the
Chicago metropolitan area (including northwest Indiana)
or downstate including Springfield or Champaign-Urbana.
For information, visit campership.
OSRUI Program
The OSRUI Campership Program provides assistance
to campers based on financial need. To apply, attach a note
to your registration form that includes your name and mailing
address and a request for campership forms. For more information,
call Susan Alexander at 847-239-6980 or email Susan
Alexander.
College Scholarships & Internships
Listed
below are college scholarships and internships provided
by Temple Jeremiah and other organizations:
Toddie
Gray & Diane Mary Katz Scholarship
This scholarship is awarded annually to a Temple
Jeremiah student entering his or her first year of college.
The deadline for applications is mid-April.
Congratulations to our 2010 winner, Tyler Bream.
To be considered, students must meet one or
more of the following criteria:
- Academic or other notable achievement
- Financial need
- Service to temple, school or community
To apply, students should write a letter to
Rabbi Cohen telling about themselves, their interests and
goals and describing their qualifications to receive this
scholarship. Rabbi Cohen reviews each application annually
with the Scholarship Committee. For more information, contact
Phyllis Burg at 847-441-5760, x110 or email Phyllis.
Congratulations to our past winners:
- 2009 recipient Rachel Ford
- 2008 recipient Abby Ross and to Honorable Mentions Evan
Butler, Ryan Carr and Melanie Rockoff
- 2007 recipient Megan Braun and to Honorable Mentions
Aaron Kaplan, Abby Rubin, Phoebe Stonebraker, Maxie Turim
and Melissa Zimmerman
- 2006 recipient Allie Bernstein
- 2005 recipient Tracy Rohrbach and to Honorable Mention
Emily Chapman
- 2004 recipient Michael Breen and to Honorable Mentions
Jessica Bell-Masterson and Zachary Flanagan-Frankl
- 2003 recipient Dan Silets
- 2002 recipient Courtney Rohrbach
- 2001 recipient Karly Tracey
- 2000 recipient Sarah Sobotka
- 1999 recipients Sarah May and Jennifer Young
- 1998 recipient Mike Sawitz
- 1997 recipient Marc Alexander
AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps
Interested in paid Jewish opportunities in
service and social change? AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps
is a one year program combining front-line anti-poverty
work in New York City or Washington, D.C. with community
building and Jewish study. AVODAH offers a full-time paid
program. Corps members receive a voucher of up to $4725
for continued education or repayment of student loans. Student
loan deferrals are available during your year of service.
For further information or an application, visit the AVODAH
website at www.avodah.net
or contact AVODAH at 212-545-7759 or info@avodah.net. The
application deadline is usually around March 1.
The Harriet and Maurice Lewis Family
Summer Intern Program in Chicago
Experience the working world while enriching
people's lives, including your own, by serving as a summer
intern for any one of a number of agencies and departments
of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, including:
- Jewish Community Relations Council
- Council for the Jewish Elderly
- The ARK
- Jewish Children's Bureau
- Sinai Health Systems
- JUF News
- The Jewish Women's Foundation
- Spertus Museum
- And More
The 2010 program offers 26 paid internships
in departments and agencies of the Jewish Federation. Internships
generally run eight weeks in the summer, and the
application deadline is in early March. The program
is a generous gift from the Harriet and Maurice Lewis Family
to the Continuum
Program
of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago. For information
or an application, contact: The Hillels of Illinois, 30
S. Wells Street, Suite 216-600, Chicago, IL
60606, log onto www.juf.org/lsip, email lsip@juf.org or
call 312-444-2868.
Indiana University's Robert A. and
Sandra S. Borns Jewish Studies Program
The university offers scholarships for incoming
students, particularly those considering
a
major or area certificate in Jewish Studies. The Jewish
Studies Program at Indiana University is one of the oldest
and largest programs of its kind in the nation. Three scholarships
totalling $13,000 are available during the academic year
- one $5000 scholarship to an incoming freshman and two
$4000 scholarships to freshmen specifically committed
to
pursuing a major or area certificate in Jewish Studies
at Indiana University. The deadline for scholarship
applications is around the March 1.
High school seniors should mail: (1) a cover
letter with their full name, mailing address, phone number,
email address and social security number; (2) a resume detailing
extracurricular activities, awards and honors; (3) a personal
statement addressing plans for academic work at Indiana
University and the specific way a major or area certificate
in Jewish studies will fit into their undergraduate education
and career plans; (4) a high school transcript (sent by
the high school); and (5) two letters of recommendation,
at least one coming from a high school teacher well acquainted
with the student's academic strengths.
For more information on the scholarships,
contact Dr. Carolyn Lipson-Walker, Assistant Director for
Programming and Academic Advisor at Indiana University,
at 812-855-0453 or log onto www.iupui.edu/~scentral/.
For more information on Indiana University's Jewish Studies
Program, log onto www.indiana.edu/~jsp/
or email iujsp@indiana.edu.
Israel
Experience Program Scholarships
The Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation
of Metropolitan Chicago is offering partial scholarships
based
on financial need and/or merit to fund participation in
a variety of programs for Chicago-area high school and
college
students and young adults planning to go to Israel in the
summer or fall.
For further information, call Hallie Shapiro Devir at the
Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation at 312-444-2904 or
Doris Wolin at 312-444-2895 or e-mail IsraelExperience@juf.org.
The application deadline is usually around March
1.
The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Chicago Academic Scholarship Program
The Jewish Federation dispenses scholarship funds to
Jewish students in need of financial assistance. Eligibility
requirements include:
- Full time graduate level enrollment in a "helping
profession" program, such as medicine, human
services, the rabbinate; or
- Vocational or undergraduate training in helping
sectors requiring no post-graduate education for employment,
such as education or nursing; or
- Sciences, such as mathematics and engineering or
the performing/fine arts; or
- Communications at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana;
or
- Law, in the helping sector
- Legal domicility in the greater Chicago metropolitan
area, or in some cases Cook County or northwestern
Indiana.
Jewish Vocational Services administers the program and
interviews all applicants at its
offices
in the Chicagoland area. The application deadline
is usually mid-February.
To apply, go to www.jvschicago.org
and click on "Scholarship Services". For additional
information, call the JVS Scholarship Secretary at 312-673-3457
or email jvsscholarship@jvschicago.org.
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