Deadline to apply for Fellowship
- For Early Decision and Early Action applicants: December 22, 2024
- For Regular Decision Applicants: December 22, 2024
Fellowship description and requirements
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ is pleased to make available five $10,000 merit fellowships to first-year entering students who participate in Jewish life in their communities across the United States. Eligible students must complete the application for admission to ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ as well as the separate application for the fellowship by the respective deadlines. Fellowship applications will be reviewed by Jewish Community Partners (JCP) of Memphis and JCP will recommend applicants to ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ based on their participation in Jewish life and service and based on the responses to an essay prompt. A resume and a 500-word essay will be required for the JCP recommendation. The essay prompt can be found below.
Recommended students will be considered for admission and the fellowship on a competitive basis. Students winning fellowship recognition will receive a Jewish Community Fellowship from ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ of $10,000 renewable for up to three years.
Competitive students may receive an academic scholarship in a larger amount. In that case, the scholarship and fellowship may not be combined and the larger of the two will be awarded. However, students will still receive the other benefits of being named a ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Jewish Community Fellow.
Fellowship awardees are expected to become active in Jewish life at ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ and to fulfill the following requirements:
- Participate in Jewish life at ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ by
- Attending at least 10 ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Hillel events/programs
- Planning one event/program a year
- Attend monthly leadership meetings with other Fellows and ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Hillel Director
- Write a yearly article about Jewish life at ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ for print and electronic distribution
- Make a presentation about Jewish life at ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ at a Jewish Community Partners board meeting
- Complete an annual Fellowship Recertification Form
Essay prompt
We live in an increasingly complicated world. How does your involvement in Jewish life influence the way you foresee accomplishing ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½â€™ vision of “graduating students with a life-long passion for learning, a compassion for others, and the ability to translate academic study and personal concern into effective leadership and action in their communities and the world?â€
Background on Hillels of Memphis
Hillels of Memphis serves Jewish students throughout the Memphis community, from all Memphis campuses. The ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ chapter was launched in 2017, building on the previous work of the Jewish Student Union. ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Hillel is operated by a student board in cooperation with the Hillels of Memphis Director and a lay-led Advisory Council. ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Hillel focuses on cultural, religious, educational, and social programming and is open to all students regardless of background. ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Hillel is operated by Memphis Jewish Federation and endowed through the generosity of an anonymous donor.
Background on Memphis Jewish Community
The Memphis Jewish community is a full-service, vibrant community with seven synagogues, a beautiful and first-rate Jewish Community Center, engaging programming for youth and young adults, outstanding Jewish preschools, day schools and religious schools, an active Jewish Federation, kosher food options, award-winning residential nursing home and rehabilitation facility and more. For more information about Jewish life in Memphis, please go to
Questions/Additional information
At ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½, please contact Megan Starling at 901-843-3225 or starlingm@rhodes.edu
At ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Hillel, please contact Bluma Zuckerbrot-Finkelstein at bzuckerbrot-finkelstein@jcpmemphis.org