TEENS : Scholarships

Funding for St. Louis Teens Only

The Ilene Senturia Award Past Senturia Winners Application Details
The Stuart I. Pessin Award Past Pessin Winners Application Details
Israel Merit Scholarship

The Ilene Senturia Award

The Central Agency for Jewish Education is pleased to announce that the Ilene Senturia Israel Merit Scholarship will be presented again this year to an 11th grade student participating in the Jewish Community High School program. The recipient of this $2,000 award will apply their scholarship to an approved Israel educational program of his or her choice.

The Ilene Senturia Israel Merit Scholarship, first awarded in 1992, was established in 1991 by Richard Senturia, his family and friends after Ilene passed away in 1990. She had served on the Board of CAJE. and was the Chairperson of the Jewish Community High school from 1984-1988. With her love, dedication and hard work, she displayed the importance of Judaism through support and encouragement of our Jewish youth today.

This scholarship is unique in that it requires extended dedication and a long-term commitment to Jewish learning on the part of the recipient. The award will be given to a student who has been an active participant in the Jewish Community High School program, now JOLT (Jewish Opportunities and Learning for Teens) and has achieved an exemplary record in attendance, participation, and scholastic excellence. The recipient must also serve in his/her community, either through volunteer work or by performing other mitzvot on a regular basis.

Past Winners

2008 Kenny Kalman
2007 Jake Shanas
2006 Orli Pinsberg and
         Allison Shenker
2005 Sarah Rader
2004 Zachary Rosenblatt
2003 Shira Berkowitz and
         Rena Hoffman
2002 Abra Lyons-Warren
2001 Leah Frank

2000 Ariel Lyons-Warren
1999 Joshua Shanas and
         Eve Frank
1998 Corrine Hamvas
1997 Elizabeth Frank
1996 Julie Polsky
1995 Melinda Burke
1994 Shira Small
1993 Zachary Abeles
1992 Chad Spiegel

Application Details

In order for a student to be considered for the Ilene Senturia Israel Merit Scholarship, we request that he/she submit a 500 word essay on a topic of Jewish interest. Your essay should reflect something that interests you, and may be related to something you have learned at JOLT (Jewish Opportunites and Learning for Teens).

For an Application Form or to send completed Essays and Forms contact Maxine Weil , CAJE, 12 Millstone Campus Drive, Saint Louis, 63146.

For any details about the Ilene Senturia Award, please contact Maxine Weil at (314) 442-3757 or e-mail mweil@cajestl.org.

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Stuart I. Pessin Award

The Central Agency for Jewish Education and the Jewish Federation annouced the availability of merit-based scholarships for high school students participating in Israel experience program in 2009.

$1,250 Israel scholarships will be awarded to two outstanding St. Louis teenagers on the basis of their activities in the Jewish Community and their commitment to continued Jewish education and participation.

The two awards, which are allocated from the Stuart I. Pessin scholarship fund, compliment the existing Israel grant program that is already administered by CAJE and distributed on the basis of financial need.  The merit-based scholarships provide an alternative means or select students to receive community funds by demonstraing their commitment to Judaism and the St. Louis Jewish community.

Application Details

2009 STUART I. PESSIN MERIT-BASED ISRAEL SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION-CLICK HERE

Two St. Louis high school students will be awarded $1,250 each from the Stuart I. Pessin Scholarship Fund for travel to Israel in 2009.

Complete submissions are due by
March 31, 2009.
Send to:


Karen Rader
Central Agency for Jewish Education
12 Millstone Campus Drive
St. Louis, MO  63146

For any details about the Stuart I. Pessin Award, please contact Karen Rader at (314) 442-3756 or e-mail krader@cajestl.org.

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Merit-Based Israel Scholarship for Students Affiliated with a Reform or Conservative Congregation

MERIT-BASED ISRAEL SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION-CLICK HERE

$1,000 grants will be given to 15 students currently in grades 9-12
going to Israel in 2009.

Complete submissions are due by February 24, 2009.
Send to:

Karen Rader
Central Agency for Jewish Education
12 Millstone Campus Drive
St. Louis, MO  63146

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Israel Experience Center Scholarship

The Israel Experience Center provides need-based scholarship assistance to help make those trips affordable.  Generous funding is made available from the St. Louis Jewish Federation's Sam, Charles and Mamie Rich Education Fund.

ISRAEL EXPERIENCE CENTER 2009 Israel SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION -CLICK HERE

Need-based Scholarships and Interest-free Loans for St. Louis Teens

Complete applications are due by March 28, 2009.
Send to:

Israel Experience Center
Central Agency for Jewish Education
12 Millstone Campus Drive
St. Louis, MO  63146

For any details please contact Karen Rader at (314) 442-3756 or e-mail krader@cajestl.org.

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