WASHINGTON — JEWISH WOMEN GRADUATE STUDENTS VYING FOR B’NAI B’RITH INTERNATIONAL’S annual Sally and George Schneider Scholarship still have until Thursday to apply.
The award, which was established in 1998 and which B’nai B’rith will award later this spring, honors Sally Schneider, who was born in Brooklyn in 1919 and was a voracious reader and a passionate supporter of Israel. She believed strongly that women should be independent and educated. She and her husband, George, were longtime B’nai B’rith members.
The selection process weighs a candidate’s financial need and “academic commitment, the applicant’s chosen field of study and its potential benefit to society, as well as her engagement with Jewish life and values,” a spokesperson for B’nai B’rith told the Brooklyn Eagle on Monday.
The successful candidate must be currently attending a graduate program (as of Jan. 31, 2026) in a field benefiting humankind, according to the organization, including medicine, medical research, education, social work, psychology, chiropractic medicine, nursing or public health, among others.
Applicants must submit via email to Elisabeth Krebs ([email protected]) a statement, maximum two pages typed and double-spaced, indicating their qualifications for this scholarship. The application deadline is Thursday, April 23.
Founded in 1843, B’nai B’rith International’s goals are to advocate for global Jewry and to work to defend human rights.
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