Let's Celebrate the 28 Recipients of the 2025 JCF Scholarships Awards!

The 2025 JCF Scholarship Awards cycle has concluded, and all of us at the Jewish Community Foundation, Inc. of Southern New Jersey are thrilled to celebrate another extraordinary cohort of awardees, as we have done annually for more than a quarter of a century.

This year, the JCF Scholarship Committee, chaired by Carol Roth, approved a grand total of over $48,000 in awards to local scholars. This dollar total marks a new JCF record amount!

For this year's 28 recipients, these award dollars will defray the cost of pursuing personal development opportunities including post-high school education or experiential travel (depending on their award criteria).

Mazel Tov (Congratulations) to:

• Ella Alfassy

• Sarah Arnstein

• Charli Aumiller

• Jayme Binik

• Eden Boyd

• Tikva Brody

• Amit Shahar Charnuha

• Jacob Cohen

• Natalie Desmond

• Maya Ezran

• Abigail Goldman

• Morgan Hann

• Sydney Herring

• Rachel Hornstein

• Seth Hornstein

• Tanayjiah Jackson

• Adam Koppelman

• Amanda Lane

• Arden Leslie

• Grayson Leslie

• Samantha Lolli

• Sophie Neuwirth

• Eric Ostrovsky

• Reut Shahar

• Jeremy Shore

• Hannah Sturtz

• Arden Thomas

• Yoav Varadi

• Yarden Yanushkevich

The JCF's Scholarship Committee will host an awards reception in June, which is always a memorable event where JCF leaders honor the awardees who are invited to attend with their families.

How are JCF Scholarship Awards Funded?

As some background about JCF Scholarship Awards, most awards that we offer each year were established by generous donors who utilize the JCF's endowment fund management services to ensure that funding would continue annually for many generations. These endowed awards are:

• Benjamin Asbell Youth Upsilon Lambda Phi Fraternity Award (Nomination)

  
  

• Patrice Faye Cohen Memorial Scholarship Award

  
  

• Jaclyn Ehrlich Travel Experience Award

  
  

• Furer-Barag-Wolf Post 126 Jewish War Veterans Scholarship Fund

  
  

• Valerie Gladfelter Scholarship Award

  
  

• Leonard Jay Hirschfeld Memorial Endowment Fund

  
  

• Ben Lipitz Memorial Scholarship Award (new for 2025)

  
  

• Colonel David Marcus Memorial Scholarship Award

  
  

• Robert L. Schattner Scholarship Fund

  
  

• Seymour Siegel Youth Achievement Award

  
  

• Mildred Soefer Scholarship Fund Award

  
  

• Student Opportunity Scholarship Award - (In Memory of Arthur & Eleanor Klein and David Rivkin)

  
  

• Freda and Sam Yacker Israel Experience Award of the South Jersey Hebrew Association

Additionally, we recognize the following awards that are funded privately by donors:

• AlanJo Award

  
  

• Donald Love Memorial Award

  
  

• Susan Love Memorial Award

Lastly, we're proud to say that the roster of JCF Scholarship Awards continues to grow, and we are thrilled to be able to offer three new awards in 2026. More details to follow!

The next application cycle will be announced in late December and run through early March.

For questions about JCF Scholarship Awards, please contact us at 856-673-2528.