American Jewish League for Israel - Scholarships 2024/2025

How Do the Scholarships Work?

Apply for a Scholarship

Every year AJLI chooses 5 to 6 scholars based on candidates’ scholarship application and materials. These AJLI scholars receive a partial tuition grant that is paid directly to their university. We are unable to disburse funds directly to the scholar, or defray non-tuition related costs. In addition to tuition funding, AJLI provides scholars with a unique bonding experience by hosting events, dinners, and group activities for the scholars during their time abroad.

The Scholarship Committee considers each student’s merit regardless of financial need. Qualified individuals must be accepted for credit at one of the following Israeli institutions of higher learning (NOTE: we may also consider study at other qualified university and study programs):

• Bar-Ilan University
• Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
• University of Haifa
• The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• Interdisciplinary Center
• The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies
• Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
• Tel Aviv University
• The Weizmann Institute of Science

For our 2024/2025 scholarship, the application date will open on or around January 20, 2024. We will accept applications through April 30, 2024. Unfortunately, we are unable to make provisions to review applications beyond that date. We will be deliberating over all the wonderful submissions and look forward to publishing the 2024/2025 scholarship recipients by June 30, 2024.

Our Mission

The American Jewish League for Israel was organized in 1957 by men and women of the highest standing in American Jewish life to support the people and the State of Israel. Their philosophy, which still guides us today, is that as American Jews we need to come together regardless of political, ideological, or religious beliefs, to work for the cause that we all share – support for the State of Israel. It is independent and dedicated to keeping its members informed and involved. The American Jewish League for Israel is not connected to any political party in Israel.

Our unique University Scholarship program awards qualified American students with partial scholarship grants toward a year of study at one of Israel’s prestigious Universities. The purpose of the program is to foster Jewish spiritual and cultural values through the experience of living and studying in Israel and, at the same time, strengthen the ties that bind Jews in the United States to Jews in Israel so that upon returning to the United States, scholarship winners will be better able to communicate those ties to American Jewry.