SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS
COLLEGES 2100 Arch St. • Philadelphia, PA 19103 •
jewishphilly.org/resources/scholarships/day-school-scholarships/ jewishphilly.org/resources/scholarships/endowed-scholarship-and-loan-funds/
Temple University • 916 Gladfelter Hall
1115 Polett Walk. • Philadelphia, PA 19112
215-204-9553 feinsteincenter@temple.edu
cla.temple.edu/feinstein-center-for-american-jewish-history/ Promotes the study of the American Jewish experience in America, and
sponsors conferences, symposia, fellowships, publications and public events
devoted to understanding the multiple dimensions of American Jewish
experience in the U.S. The Feinstein Center is part of Temple University’s
Department of History in the College of Liberal Arts.

Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
Day School Per-Capital Pool
Need-based scholarship funding to students at Abrams Hebrew Academy,
Cheder Chabad, Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy, Kohelet Yeshiva
High School, Mesivta High School, Politz Hebrew Academy, Raymond
and Ruth Perelman Jewish Day School, Kosloff Torah Academy Girls
High School, Caskey Torah Academy and the OROT special needs
program. Funds are distributed directly to schools through a weighted,
per capita formula that accounts for the number of students enrolled,
the grade level of the students and the capacity of the school to meet the
total scholarship needs of its student body. Schools are responsible for
determining need and distributing aid.

Foundation for Jewish Day Schools: Educational Tax Credit
Programs 215-832-0525 • ematz@jewishphilly.org
Provides need-based scholarships to students attending 10 Jewish day
schools, including a special needs initiative and dozens of local Jewish
preschools by raising money through the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s
Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) program and the Opportunity
Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) program. The Foundation is a partnership
with the Jewish Federation. Families interested in applying for scholarships
should contact the school directly for information. Individuals interested in
receiving a PA tax credit through their business or personal state taxes, and
contribute to this scholarship fund, should contact Ellen Horowitz Matz.

Keren Chinuch Scholarship Fund
A need-based scholarship program for Jewish children attending supple-
mentary schools at synagogues and other programs throughout Greater
Philadelphia. Funds are distributed to qualified schools based on enrollment.

Schools are responsible for determining need and distributing aid.

Post-Graduate Educational Loan and Scholarship Funds
215-832-0528 • jbrier@jewishphilly.org
Annual educational loans and scholarships for the following programs:
Albert Strickler Memorial Fund-for medical students
Samuel F. and Sara G. Feinman Fund-for medical and law students
Margaret R. Rice Music Scholarship Fund-for female students
pursuing their education in the study of music, in college or graduate
school Ida Foreman Fleisher Fund for women pursuing a graduate degree.

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Gratz College
Mandell Education Campus • 7605 Old York Road • Melrose Park, PA 19027
215-635-7300 • Fax: 215-635-7399 • admissions@gratz.edu • gratz.edu
Provides a pluralistic education for students online and on campus. Gratz offers
doctoral, graduate and undergraduate degree and certificate programs, as well
as learning opportunities for adults and teens. Gratz College has two doctoral
programs: Doctor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies (Ph.D.) and Doctor of
Education in Leadership (Ed.D.), and graduate degrees in Education (MAEd),
Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Interfaith Leadership, Jewish Professional
Studies, Jewish Communal Service, Jewish Studies, and Nonprofit Management,
and a new master’s degree in Camp Administration and Leadership. Graduate
certificates are offered in all graduate majors. Undergraduate certificates/degrees
are offered in Jewish Education, Jewish Studies, and Jewish Professional Studies.

Gratz offers adult Jewish learning programs and lectures as well as credit and
noncredit courses in Hebrew and Yiddish. Gratz College offers CLE courses for
attorneys on campus. The Tuttleman library contains extensive holdings such as
a music library and Holocaust Oral History Archive.

Jewish Studies Program at University of Pennsylvania
711 Williams Hall • 255 S. 36th St. • Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-898-6654 • Fax: 215-573-6026 • jsp-info@sas.upenn.edu
ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jwst A program reflective of the full range of the Jewish experience as well as
different approaches to studying Jewish life and culture. Students of all back-
grounds are welcome to take courses and participate in the programs. Courses
may be taken as electives, or students can develop a major or minor course of
study in any one of four different Jewish Studies tracks. The program also offers
opportunities for outside the classroom learning experiences.

Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
1299 Church Road • Wyncote, PA 19095 • 215-576-0800 • info@rrc.edu • rrc.edu
Rabbinical training institute of the Reconstructing Judaism movement which
trains rabbis for service in congregations, campuses, chaplaincy settings and
social justice organizations. Offers studies in Judaism as an evolving religious
civilization.