Open aPPLICATIONS
All applications are now open.
Please see below for the various applications, guidelines and deadlines.
SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION
Please see below for various scholarships:
Dr. Albert Strickler, founder of Philadelphia’s Skin and Cancer Hospital, established this fund as an endowment to help talented men and women pursue medical education. The fund provides an interest-free loan of up to $5,000 to medical students, preferably of the Jewish faith, who demonstrate a significant need for financial aid and are enrolled in an accredited U.S. medical or osteopathic school. This fund requires that loan repayments begin within five years after graduation, ensuring that future funds will continue to be available for students in need. The Strickler Fund application is combined with the application for the Feinman Fund, described below.
Scholarship applications for the 2026-2027 year are now open. Click here to submit your application. The application deadline is May 15, 2026.
Isabel Feinman established this fund through an endowment in memory of her parents to help talented men and women to pursue their legal or medical education. The fund provides an interest-free loan ranging from $2,000 to $5,000 to medical and law school students based on financial need. Preference is given to Jewish students who live in the Greater Philadelphia region and of the Jewish faith who are enrolled in an accredited local law or medical school. This fund requires that loan repayments begin within five years after graduation, ensuring that future funds will continue to be available for students in need. The Feinman Fund application is combined with the application for the Strickler Fund, described above.
Scholarship applications for the 2026-2027 year are now open. Click here to submit your application. The application deadline is May 15, 2026.
Foreman Fleisher established this fund in memory of his mother, Ida Fleisher, to help talented women become professionals. The fund provides scholarships for women, preferably Jewish, who wish to pursue a graduate degree. Eligibility is limited to women who have a hometown or attend school in the Greater Philadelphia area, including New Jersey and Delaware. Grant distributions, which can range from $2,000-$8,000, are administered by a local bank and sent directly to the chosen recipient’s school to be used for tuition only.
Scholarship applications for the 2026-2027 year are now open. Click here to submit your application. The application deadline is May 15, 2026.
Dr. Hirsch Herman established this Fund in memory of his revered parents, Reverend Abraham David Herman and Esther Cohen Herman, and his dear wife, Esther Levy Herman. The Fund provides grants of up to $10,000 each to graduate students, preferably of the Jewish faith, to study medicine, theology or law. Applicants must demonstrate financial need, academic achievement, a connection to the Greater Philadelphia area and must be enrolled in an accredited medical, osteopathic, or law school, or graduate theology school or program. The application for the Hirsch Herman Fund is combined with the Strickler and Feinman Fund applications.
Scholarship applications for the 2026-2027 year are now open. Click here to submit your application. The application deadline is May 15, 2026.
Kurt Rice established the Margaret R. Rice Scholarship Fund in 1987 in memory of his wife, Margaret R. Rice. It was her cherished desire to create an endowment to help gifted Jewish women obtain a music education. A limited number of grants of up to $2,000 are awarded to chosen recipients who attend local music schools to help with the financial demands of the “necessities of life.” Local music schools are advised each year of this scholarship and asked to submit names of eligible students. Interested students must submit a letter and resume to the Jewish Federation.
To apply, email lknapp@jewishphilly.org with your interest and resume.
The Morton Stein Scholarship Fund for Orthodox Yeshivot in Israel enables financially needy residents of the Greater Philadelphia area, including high school and college-age youth, young adults and teachers in Jewish settings, to attend study programs in Orthodox Yeshivot and Seminaries in Israel. The purpose of the scholarship fund is to enhance the Jewish knowledge and identity of recipients and to help better prepare them for participating in and contributing to American Jewish communal life.
Scholarships may be used for study at accredited yeshivot or seminaries in Israel whose educational mission reflects a commitment to the State of Israel and the centrality of Israel in Jewish life.
Scholarship applications for programs beginning in fall 2026 are now open. Click here to submit your application. The application deadline is July 1, 2026.
Please email lknapp@jewishphilly.org or call 215.832.0576 if your school doesn’t appear on the list below:
Yeshivot (for boys)
- Agudat Mosdot – Located in Netanya
- Aish Hatorah – Located in Jerusalem
- Beit David Kiryat Gat – Located in Kiryat Gat
- Derech Etz Chaim – Located in Jerusalem
- Hebrew Union College – Located in Jerusalem
- jInternship – ALT – Located in Jerusalem
- JTS- RS Year in Israel – Located in Jerusalem
- Kitov Sachra Seminary – Located in Jerusalem
- Machon Meir – Located in Jerusalem
- Mayanot Institute of Jewish Studies – Located in Jerusalem
- Migdal Hatorah – Located in Modiin
- Mikdash Melech Jerusalem – Located in Jerusalem
- Ohr Somayach – Located in Jerusalem
- Ohr Somayach Institutions – Center – Located in Jerusalem
- Ohrsom Gap Year – Located in Jerusalem
- Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies – Located in Jerusalem
- Shapell’s/Yeshiva Darche Noam – Located in Jerusalem
- United Synagogue of America – Conservative Yeshiva – Located in Jerusalem
- Yeshiva Neveh Zion – Located in Jerusalem
- Yeshivat Ashreinu – Located in Beit Shemesh
- Yeshivat Ateret Yerushalayim – Located in Jerusalem
- Yeshivat Birkat Moshe – Located in Ma’ale Adummim
- Yeshivat Eretz HaTzvi – Located in Jerusalem
- Yeshivat Hakotel – Located in Jerusalem
- Yeshivat Har Etzion – Alon Shvut
- Yeshivat Kerem B’Yavneh – Located in Yavne
- Yeshivat Lev Aharon – Located in Jerusalem
- Yeshivat Lev HaTorah – Located in Beit Shemesh
- Yeshivat Moreshet – Located in Jerusalem
- Yeshivat Orayta – Located in Jerusalem
- Yeshivat Reishit Yerushlayim – Located in Beit Shemesh
- Yeshivat Shaalvim – Located in Jerusalem
- Yeshivat Shaarei Mevaseret Zion – Located in Mevaseret
- Yeshivat Torat Shraga – Located in Jerusalem
- Yeshivat Netiv Aryeh – Located in Jerusalem
- Yeshivat Yishrei Lev – Located in Jerusalem
Seminaries (for girls):
- Machon Bina Seminary – Seminary located in Jerusalem
- Netzach Sarah – Bnot Yehuda – Seminary located in Jerusalem
- Rinas Bais Yaakov – Seminary located in Jerusalem
- Amutat Menachem – Machon Shoshanat Yerushalyaim – Seminary located in Jerusalem
- Bais Yaakov Seminar – Seminary located in Jerusalem
- Beit Chana – Seminary located in Zefat
- Bet Sabah Elazraki – Midreshet Torat Chessed – Seminary located in Netanya
- Binas Beit Yaakov – Seminary located in Jerusalem
- Bnei Ubnot Chayil – Baer Miriam Maayanot – Seminary located in Jerusalem
- Bnos Avigail – Seminary located in Jerusalem
- Bnos Sarah – Seminary located in Jerusalem
- Bnot Torah/Sharfman’s – Seminary located in Jerusalem
- Darchei Binah – Seminary located in Jerusalem
- Hebrew Union College – Seminary located in Jerusalem
- jInternship – ALT – Seminary located in Jerusalem
- JTS- RS Year in Israel – Seminary located in Jerusalem
- Keser Chaya – Seminary located in Jerusalem
- Machon Alte Seminary Chaya Mushka – Seminary located in Zefat
- Machon Maayan – Seminary located in Yavne
- Machon Raaya – Seminary located in Jerusalem
- Mayanot Institute of Jewish Studies – Seminary located in Jerusalem
- Me’ohr Bais Yaakov – Seminary located in Jerusalem
- Mercaz Tiferet – Seminary located in Beit Shemesh
- Midreshet Amit – Seminary located in Jerusalem
- Midreshet Emunah v’Omanut – Seminary located in Jerusalem
- Midreshet Eshel – Seminary located in Jerusalem
- Midreshet HaRova Overseas Program – Seminary located in Jerusalem
- Midreshet Lindenbaum – Seminary located in Jerusalem
- Midreshet Moriah – Seminary located in Jerusalem
- Midreshet Rachel – Seminary located in Jerusalem
- Midreshet Tehillah – Seminary located in Jerusalem
- MMY- Michlelet Mevaseret Yerushalayim – Seminary located in Jerusalem
- Neve Yerushalayim General Jewish Studies – Seminary located in Jerusalem
- Nishmat – Shana Ba’Aretz – Seminary located in Jerusalem
- Nishmat Alisa Flatow International Program – Seminary located in Jerusalem
- Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies – Seminary located in Jerusalem
- Seminar Pninim – Seminary located in Jerusalem
- Shaalvim for Women – Seminary located in Jerusalem