Scholarships


In June 2021, the Jewish Foundation of Manitoba was proud to award $155,175 to 62 Education Award and Scholarship recipients.


  
2021 General Educational Awards:

   
Gilad H. Binnun
Laura Bliss
Jenna Bravo
Talia Elfenbein
Kali Faingold
Uri Faingold
Adi Farage
Thomas Feldman
Michal Fraiter
Yael Gelfman
Isanne Goldberg
Noa Goldberg
Gabi Greenberg
Zachary Greenberg
Cole Gunn
Stephanie Kalo
Hadas Kempner
Brett Koffman
Valeria Kolomiyets
Hannah Lank
Denise Levi
Jessica Levi
Micaela Levi
Inbar Lichtenstein
Federico Lopez-Ficher
Joshua Malam
Micaela Mandelbaum
Haniel Manov
Alexandra Margulets
Irit Margulets
Evelin Melekh
Maya Miller
Samantha Miller
Rocio Mohadeb
Alexa Palansky
Maya Polevoi
Maya Pollock
McKenzie Rosenberg
Melanie Rubin
Melissa Shapiro
Ariel Sherepanov
Martin Skiarski
Maxim Skorodinsky
Lena Steinberg
Michelle Suslik
Tobias Szkop
Lucas Szpigiel
Tomer Verkhlin
Adam N. Yusim
 

These scholarships are awarded to Jewish students to continue post-secondary education. Consideration is given to academics and community service.


2021 Judaic Studies and/or Studies in Israel Awards:


Boaz Greenfield
Noah Greenfield
 
These awards are given to individuals to encourage them in their pursuit of an education in Judaic studies or studies in Israel.



2021 Mark & Dorothy Danzker Scholarship Recipient:


Sophia Hershfield

This scholarship is awarded to an individual in a post-graduate degree program based on their academic achievements and contributions to their community.


2021 Ruth & Joe Freed and Stephen Freed and Family Academic Excellence Award Recipients:


Michal Berenshteyn
Lauren E. Cogan
Lindsay Cogan
Rotem Keynan
Noah Slayen
 

These awards are given to individuals who have demonstrated consistent academic excellence and a commitment to the Jewish community.


2021 Mona Gray Creative Arts Scholarship Recipient:


Arielle Block
This scholarship is awarded to an individual pursuing graduate studies in an arts-related program.


2021 George Finkle Memorial Scholastic Award Recipients:


Gilda Chvaicer
Emma Harris
 

These scholastic awards are given to Jewish high school students who are beginning post-secondary education.


2021 Saul & Claribel Simkin Centre Family Education Award Recipient:


Kaiya Ivankovic
 
This education award is given to the child of a long-serving Simkin Centre employee to assist with his or her post-secondary education.


2021 Joel A. Weinstein Memorial Award Recipient:


Not Awarded

This scholarship is awarded to an individual who is pursuing their education in Israel and who has demonstrated academic excellence, a commitment to the Jewish community, and volunteerism.


2021 Irma Penn in memory of Marvin Penn Educational Award:


Sarah Sommer
 

These scholarships are awarded to two students either entering or enrolled in a post-secondary degree program and taking Judaic Studies courses or teachers in the Jewish educational or Hebrew bilingual school system who are enrolled or entering a post-graduate program with the intent of furthering their professional development.


 
The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba thanks the following funds that have made our academic awards possible:

  • Norman & Lesia Adelberg Scholarship Fund
  • Cecilia Asper Fund
  • The Israel & Babs Asper Charitable Fund
  • Associated Retail Grocers (A.R.G.) of Winnipeg Fund
  • Helen & Bernard Atnikov Fund
  • Samuel & Mary Badner Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Ziona Bellan Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Cynthia Berney Fund
  • David & Esther Birn Family Fund
  • B’nay Abraham Sisterhood Scholarship Fund
  • Dee & Harold Buchwald Scholarship Fund
  • Molly & Charles Chapman Educational Fund
  • Phyllis & Saul Chochinov Memorial Fund
  • Sarah & Jack Cohen Fund
  • Meyer & Rita Cosman Fund
  • Jerry Dorfman Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • George Finkle Memorial Scholastic Award Fund
  • Harry Fishman Scholarship Fund
  • Rivke Fleisher Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Ruth and Joe Freed and Stephen Freed & Family Academic Excellence Awards Fund
  • Rube & Sharon Ganetsky Educational Fund
  • Dr. Philip & Edah Goldstein Memorial Fund
  • In Memory of Chana Rivka Goldstein Fund
  • In Memory of Joseph & Dvora Goldstein Fund
  • Mona Gray Creative Arts Scholarship Fund
  • Susan & Sandor Guttman Scholarship Fund
  • Jewish Women’s Musical Club Fund
  • In Memory of Mico Kaftal Fund
  • In Memory of Hope Kahane Fund
  • Harvey & Sima Kay Scholarship Fund
  • Jim & Syble Klady Fund
  • Deena Kravetsky Memorial Yeshiva Fund
  • In loving memory of my beloved husband, Dr. Paul P. Krolik, DDS Fund
  • Michael Leipsic Jewish Student Athlete Scholarship Fund
  • Rita Gunn & Greg Mason Scholarship Fund
  • Lazar & Chana (Annie) Mozes Scholarship Fund
  • Sharon & Mel Myers Fund
  • Marym & Izzy Peltz Fund
  • Irma Penn Endowment Fund in memory of Marvin Penn
  • Harvey L. Pfeffer Scholarship Fund
  • Pilat-Riches Family Fund
  • Sylvia & David Pollock Fund
  • Alfred & Rosalie Richman Fund
  • Eli Ross Fund
  • Berte Sarner Rubin in memory of Benjamin & Sara Sarner University Fund
  • Judge Charles Rubin & Naida Rubin Fund
  • Max & Jean Ruder Perpetual Scholarship Fund
  • Allan Sair Scholarship Fund
  • Ari Schaefer Bar Mitzvah Fund
  • Scholarship & Educational Awards Endowment Fund
  • Gabriel Schujman & Marcela Mangarelli Fund
  • Chancellor Harvey L. Secter Scholarship Fund
  • Miriam Atnikov Segal Scholarship Fund
  • Serebnitski Family Fund
  • Patty & Jack Sherman Memorial Fund
  • Minnie Shore Jewish Education Scholarship Fund
  • Annice Shreiber Fund
  • Saul & Claribel Simkin Centre Family Education Fund
  • Barry Snaper and Sharon Oberlander Family Fund
  • Ann Springman Memorial Fund
  • Rose & Moe Sucharov Jewish Education Fund
  • Clara & Morris Teplitsky, David Teplitsky and Bertha & Harry Schwartz Memorial Fund
  • Hana & Pinchas Vinchelstein Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Joel Weinstein Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Winnipeg Jewish Orphanage Alumni Fund
  • Winnipeg Jewish Schools 2017 Reunion - Judaic Studies Scholarship Fund
  • Gary Wolfson Scholarship Fund
  • Zionist Educational Trust Fund