The Alisa Flatow Memorial Scholarship Fund is dedicated to the memory of Alisa Flatow, a 20-year-old student studying in Israel murdered in a terrorist attack in near the settlement of Kfar Darom on April 9, 1995. Alisa was in Israel to study her religion and to live among the Israeli people.

The Alisa Flatow Memorial Scholarship Fund has been established to encourage others to follow in Alisa's footsteps in the full-time pursuit of traditional Jewish studies at schools in the State of Israel. It is open to men and women throughout the Diaspora.

The number of scholarships is quite limited and are awarded on a competitive basis. To qualify for a scholarship award, studies must be of a post-high school nature. Study can be in programs which earn college credits. (For instance, a student may attend a yeshiva and receive credits which may be applied to a degree program at a University.) Programs at Israeli universities and institutions and other organizations that combine secular and Judaic studies will be reviewed by the Fund's Committee to determine eligibility on a case by case basis. In all cases, an approved institution must have a 501(c)3 tax-exempt status and must also have an American affiliate mailing address.

Awards are given based on a combined scholarship and need basis. The intention of the Alisa Flatow Memorial Scholarship Fund is for it to be especially valuable to those students showing academic promise in their religious studies and the need for financial assistance to pursue study in Israel. Students already studying in Israel should not apply for the scholarship, as other programs exist to assist them.


Presenting the
2008-2009 Winners

of the Alisa Flatow
Memorial Scholarship Fund

 
We are accepting applications for 2009-2010.
Deadline for receipt of all materials is Feb. 15th.


Go to www.israelexperience.com/masa/english
to see if you are eligible for a grant from
the Jewish Agency for Israel.
 

A Word for Parents
  • Terror Victim's Brother Dons an Israeli Uniform?
    By Gil Hoffman
    The New Jersey Jewish News, June 18, 2008

  • Do I Send My Child To Study In Israel?
    By Stephen M. Flatow
    The Jewish Week, Sept. 1, 2006
The Alisa Flatow Memorial Scholarship Fund
is administered through the Jewish Community Foundation of MetroWest NJ
Contributions to the Scholarship Fund should be mailed to:

The Alisa Flatow Memorial Scholarship Fund
c/o Jewish Community Foundation of MetroWest NJ
901 Route 10
Whippany, NJ 07981
Correspondence to the Scholarship Fund should be mailed to:

The Alisa Flatow Memorial Scholarship Fund
c/o Dr. Wallace Greene
Post Office Box 335
Radburn Station
Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
Any communications about the scholarship or the Fund should be directed to , Executive Secretary.