By ATLANTA JEWISH TIMESDecember 3, 2015, 1:36 pm The Jewish Educational Loan Fund has named Josh Schaier its director of development, a position in which he joins JELF CEO Jenna Shulman in being responsible for closing major gifts, cultivating donors and spearheading JELF events across its five-state region. JELF grants interest-free loans to Jewish students from Georgia, Florida, […]
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An Education in College Debt
Published by ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES September 11, 2015, 5:43 pmWritten By Rob Rickles | Jewish Educational Loan Fund Board President Shana tova from the volunteers and staff of JELF, the Jewish Educational Loan Fund. Now in our 126th year serving Jewish families and individuals in Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia, JELF enters 5776 with a […]
Koonins Help JELF Build Winning Brand – 8-19-15
By MARCIA CALLER JAFFE August 25, 2015, 9:54 pm Over 315 people gathered Wednesday, Aug. 19, at Maggiano’s Buckhead to salute the good works of the Jewish Educational Loan Fund with featured speaker Steve Koonin, the CEO of the Atlanta Hawks. The first star of the evening was Georgia Tech senior Rivka Jacobs, a JELF recipient majoring in biomolecular chemistry, who emotionally explained how […]
Innovators: Jenna Shulman
By ATLANTA JEWISH TIMESJuly 3, 2015, 1:09 pm Jenna Shulman Jenna Shulman, executive director, Jewish Educational Loan Fund JELF provides interest-free loans to Jewish college students in Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. Since 1961, JELF has granted over $9 million to 3,700 students, with a 99 percent repayment rate. The money that comes back in […]
Joe Alterman at JELF’s Taking Notes Event – 1-23-15
In 2015, jazz pianist Joe Alterman performed, along with several others all of whom were former JELF beneficiaries, for JELF’s Taking Notes event, held at the Defoor Centre.
Epstein Alum Heads JELF Benefit Concert
By ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES January 20, 2015, 4:00 pm By April Basler Jazz pianist Joe Alterman is a member of the Epstein School Hall of Fame. Jazz pianist and composer Joe Alterman is headlining Taking Notes: A Benefit Concert for the Jewish Educational Loan Fund on Saturday night, Jan. 24, at the Defoor Centre in Midtown […]