B’nai B’rith International will award the annual Sally and George Schneider Scholarship to a deserving Jewish female graduate student in the spring of 2023. Applications are now being accepted.

Sally Schneider, born in Brooklyn in 1919, was a voracious reader and a passionate supporter of Israel who felt strongly that women should be independent and educated. She and her husband, George, were longtime B’nai B’rith members. In 1998, after Sally’s death, the family set up an endowment fund in their honor.

This scholarship, of approximately $1,000, will be awarded to an individual from among the applicants meeting the following qualifications:

1) A deserving Jewish female graduate student

2) In the metropolitan New York area

3) Currently enrolled in and attending a graduate program (by Jan. 31, 2023) in a field benefiting humankind, including, but not limited to medicine, medical research, education, social work, psychology, chiropractic medicine, nursing or public health

4) The candidate should demonstrate an involvement or interest in Jewish culture

To apply, please submit a statement (no more than two pages, typed and double-spaced, including home address and email) indicating your qualifications for this scholarship to Andrea Cure at acure@bnaibrith.org.

The deadline to apply is April 28, 2023.