Jewish Scholarship Services (JSS)

Jewish Scholarship Services (JSS) is sponsored by Jewish Scholarship Services. The JVS Scholarship Program provides need-based financial aid to qualified Jewish students whose primary residence is in the Greater Los Angeles area.

JFCS Scholarships | Jewish Scholarship Service Jewish Scholarship Service of Greater Pittsburgh coordinates the efforts of a group of organizations, agencies and scholarship endowment funds that provide scholarships to local Jewish students enrolled in an accredited institution of higher education. A program of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh and administered by JFCS.

The application for the 2026–2027 school year is now closed. The 2027–2028 application will be available in January 2027. Please check back on this page at that time.

Applications may be made online only. Please read the application overview and instructions and gather materials that you will need before applying. Supporting documents should be submitted with your application or by the deadline.

When you're ready to apply follow the buttons below to apply as a first time applicant or returning applicant. Application Overview & Instructions We recommend that you read all of the instructions and collect the materials that you will need before beginning the online application process. All first-time applicants may be interviewed by the JSS staff.

We recommend that you read all of the instructions and collect the materials that you will need before beginning the online application process. If you applied previously, you do not have to be interviewed by the JSS staff again.

The JSS helps Jewish high school seniors or students who fit the below requirements: – Student Status : Is enrolled in an undergraduate, post- undergraduate, or technical school with demonstrated financial need. Graduate students are encouraged to apply and are assessed independently. – Residency : Must have lived for 2+ years in Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Lawrence, Washington, or Westmoreland counties.

Dependent students use parents’ residency. Students who move here for school must live independently for two years. FAFSA rules determine independent status.

– Financial Need : Considered based on income, family size, and number of siblings in college. Generally not available to families in which the custodial parent earns over 5× the federal poverty level or has more than $250,000 in investable assets, though exceptions may be made for extenuating circumstances.

For residents of other counties: – Residents of Clarion, Crawford, Erie, Lawrence, Mercer or Venango counties are only eligible to apply for the Sarah and Tena Goldstein Memorial Scholarship. – Residents of Lawrence County: If your parents/grandparents are/were members of Temple Hadar Israel in New Castle, you may be eligible to apply for the Marianne Hess Scholarship Endowment Fund.

– All funding sources require students to demonstrate financial need. Depending on the scholarship fund, factors such as academic achievement, field of study, and school attending will be taken into consideration. Jewish and general community involvement will also be considered.

– When students apply for aid, the scholarship committee matches the students with the funding source or sources for which they qualify. All information provided to JSS is treated confidentially and is used to process applications, and distribute grants. Individuals are known by number, not name, to ensure confidentiality.

**In order to submit your application, you must use a desktop/laptop version of the Chrome/Firefox web browser. Do not use a phone to complete the application. ** There are several steps to applying.

We recommend that you read all of the instructions and gather the materials that you will need before beginning the online application process. Supporting documents should be submitted with your application or by the deadline. The 2026-27 applications are now open and the deadline to apply is April 6.

Application may be made online only. All first-time applicants may be interviewed by the JSS staff. Step 1: Read the application overview and instructions here .

Step 2: First-time applicants must be interviewed. Click here for instructions . Step 3: Fill out the online application by clicking the buttons below.

**turn off popup blocker** Step 4: Submit supporting documentation by designated dates. Click here . Note: Each applicant must have a unique email address in order to apply.

A family with multiple members applying may not use the same email address for all applicants. Participating Organizations and Funders Alpha Epsilon Phi Pittsburgh Alumnae Association Scholarship Endowment Fund Sarah Barnblatt Scholarship Endowment Fund Herbert I.

Brody Scholarship Endowment Fund Cheryl Cohen Scholarship Fund Fannie, Morris & Mary Echelman Scholarship Endowment Fund Gladys Edelstein Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund Saul & Yetta Elinoff Scholarship Endowment Fund Myrtle M. Fisher Scholarship Endowment Fund Emanuel and Edith Fishkin College Scholarship Fund Louis L. Friedman Endowment Fund Herbert S.

Green Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund Phyllis & Mayer A. Green Scholarship Endowment Fund Mary Unikel Hedeman Scholarship Endowment Fund Marianne Hess Scholarship Endowment Fund Rosella B. Horvitz Scholarship Fund Jewish Home for Babies & Children Fund Jewish Scholarship Service Endowment Fund Hannah & Marvin Kamin Scholarship Endowment Fund Edgar T.

Keane Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund Lyubor Nimax Scholarship Endowment Fund Louis & Dorothy Mallet Memorial Scholarship Fund Benjamin and Dorothy Melnick Scholarship Endowment Fund Dr. Bernard and Pauline Michaels Scholarship Endowment Fund Bernard & Ravenna Palkovitz Miller Scholarship Endowment Fund Phi Epsilon Pi Scholarship Endowment Fund A. Z.

& Fanny Alpern Pittler Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund Raizman Family Scholarship Endowment Fund Morris & Nettie Rosen Scholarship Endowment Fund Dr. Theodore B.

Rosenthal Scholarship Endowment Fund Bess & Meyer Silberstein Educational Endowment Fund Bernard Silverman Scholarship Endowment Fund Anna Tisherman Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund United Jewish Federation Foundation Scholarship Endowment Fund The Abe & Jean Comensky Memorial Scholarship Fund Sigmund Falk Scholarship Fund Benjamin & Ida Mann Scholarship Andrew and Irene Marchbein Grant SARAH & TENA GOLDSTEIN MEMORIAL FUND OF JEWISH FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES OF PITTSBURGH NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN, PITTSBURGH SECTION Doris S.

Balter Scholarship Fund Marjorie S. Balter Scholarship Fund Dr. Paul S. & Gertrude F.

Caplan Scholarship Fund Philip & Miriam Ellovich Scholarship Fund Josephine & Samuel Feldman Scholarship Fund Lawrence W. Frank Memorial Fund Norman & Tillie Grotstein Scholarship Fund Susan & Barney Guttman Family Scholarship Fund Krasik Family Scholarship Fund Jack & Estelle Kruman and Family Scholarship Fund Sylvan B.

Libson Scholarship Fund Jerome & Ruth Lieber Scholarship Fund Jack & Mathilda Mendelbaum & Family Scholarship Fund Rachel F. & Irwin W. Porter Scholarship Fund Martha Rosen Scholarship Fund Florence & Frank Sklar Scholarship Fund Regina & Ernest Stern Scholarship Fund Joel B.

Strauss Scholarship Fund Madelain & Herbert R. Tauberg Scholarship Fund Steven B.

Whitman Memorial Fund Jill Williams Memorial Scholarship Fund NCJW Post Secondary Education Fund COOPERATING ORGANIZATIONS & FUNDS The Minnie Hyman Scholarship Fund Hebrew Free Loan Association Hebrew Free Loan Association Pittsburgh Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) USCIS Reduces Maximum Validity Period of Employment Authorization for Some Categories JFCS Deeply Concerned about Congress Passing the Reconciliation Bill Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community Opportunities Beyond our Region Have Questions?

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