Tag: education
JELF helps students get an education during crisis (3/9/21)
Even before COVID, Joshua had been inspired by his family’s story and had made the decision to become a lawyer. It was important to him that others got the second chance his brothers never received. To achieve his career aspirations, he knew he needed to pursue a law degree; his challenge was to find the […]
JELF Shabbat @ UGA Hillel – students watching JELF video – 3-4-19
On March 4, 2019, over 50 students crowded into the Hillel for ‘JELF Shabbat,’ during which time the JELF team shared information about not only how to receive a 0% interest loan from JELF but the impact that these loans have on their peers and so many others!
A Breman exhibit opening Aug. 14 celebrates JELF’s history from orphans to college students – 8-24-17
140 Years of Aiding Jewish Education By TOVA NORMANAugust 8, 2017, 3:22 pm Photo from the Simon Scher Family Papers, Cuba Family Archives for Southern Jewish History, Breman Museum Residents of the Hebrew Orphans’ Home take an outing to Loew’s Theater in Five Points around 1920. In the photograph are Isaac Ashendorf, Lena Buchwald, Sam Buchwald, […]
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 […]