Youth Programming Funds & Scholarships
Bruce R. Saypol Camp Ramah Scholarship Fund
Carl Lane Youth Scholarship Fund
Names one B’nai Israel student each year as the Carl Lane Scholar, and provides a stipend to participate in an education program in Israel.
Diane Lipson Schilit Youth Endowment
Provides scholarships and youth subsidies.
Ethel and Irving Schilit/Suzanne and Sol Lipson Endowment for College Outreach
Supports sending holiday packages to full-time college and graduate students for Hanukkah and Pesach and, if possible, for Purim and Rosh Hashanah.
Hazzan Deborah Togut Memorial Endowment Fund
Marie Lebowitz Camp Ramah Scholarship Fund
Support for students in need of financial assistance to attend Camp Ramah.
Murray and Rose Gottlieb USY/Kadima Scholarship Endowment
Rabbi Isadore Breslau Israel Scholarship Endowment
Support for each B’nai Israel confirmand to attend an educationally oriented program in Israel.
Rabbi Jeshaia and Hilde M. Schnitzer Israel and Camp Ramah Scholarship Endowment Fund
Rabbi Joshua Rubinow Simon Memorial Endowment for the Camp Ramah Tikvah Program
Scholarships for youngsters with special needs who wish to attend a Camp Ramah special needs summer program.
Rabbi Matthew and Sara Rubinow Simon Endowment for Children’s Programming
Rachmill Schlafstein Memorial Bar and Bat Mitzvah Tzedakah Box Endowment This endowment provides each bar/bat mitzvah with a tzedakah box and fulfills tzedakah requests.
Sophie Heuberger Lasky Scholarship Fund for USY Teen Tours
Supports scholarships for USY teen tours.
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