THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Jewish Scholarship Committee B enefits Students
"We have 1,000 from
Maimonides Medical Aux-
iliary," said Kalman Tillem
to the group meeting in , the
conference room of the Jew-
ish Vocational Service.
"Let's see what we can do
to help this fellow." —
A chorus of generosity fol-
lowed: "National Council of
Jewish Women will give
$200"; "Einstein (Temple
Beth El) will give $100";
"Probus will give $100," and
in a short time the 27-year
Id applicant had an inter-
est-free loan of $1,500, the
amount he needed to com-
plete his $8,000 budget for
his fourth year at medical
school.
The three yearly meetings
of the Jewish Scholarship
Committee are "something
like an auction," said Chair-
man John L. Greenberg jok-
ingly. "The 27 members of
the committee rep _ resent
one or more student assist-
ance funds, each of which
has money - available to
lend.
"We present each appli-
cation — the applicants
remain anonymous — with
details about his or her
budget, finances and aca-
demic career. Then we ask
who wants to help.
"The applicants usually
get what they need and it
almost invariably comes
from five or six sources."
The Jewish Scholarship
Service is an umbrella
organization for more than
40 scholarship funds. Kal-
man Tillem, a counseling
staff member of the Jewish
Vocational Service, acts as
scholarship coordinator,
interviewing students and
a loan. For information, call
Tillem, 557-5341.
"The Service is getting
short on funds," Greenberg
said grimly. "More students
are applying than ever
before. Meanwhile, tuition
is up, so the amount of each
loan is correspondingly
greater."
Greenberg feels estab-
lishing a fund is an excellent
way to celebrate a birthday,
anniversary or other happy
family event.
Ken Sarason, endowment
director of the United Jew-
ish Charities, which over-
sees the scholarship serv-
ice, said $2,000 is the
amount suggested for start-
ing a fund. "But we'll start
one for less if the donors
will undertake to bring it up
to that amount within a rea-
sonable length of time."
Smaller donations can be
made to any existing fund,
he said.
Persons interested in
establishing a fund or mak-
--
Several members of the Jewish Scholarship Committee
get together before a meeting. Seated, from left, are Rhea
Appelman of the National Council of Jewish Women, John
Greenberg, committee chairman; and Kalman Tillem,
scholarship coordinator. Standing, from left, are Sarah
Levin of the Maimonides Medical Society Women's Aux-
iliary, Martin Miller of the Joseph and Benjamin Miller
Foundation, Phyllis Garlock of the National Council of Jew-
ish Women, and Margo Fleischaker of the Ruth Franklin
Einstein Educational Fund and Temple Beth El.
helping them prepare-their
applications. The student
himself does not make the
rounds of the separate loan
funds.
"We're really a last
resort," Greenberg said.
"Kal makes sure all other
resources — family, govern-
ment loans, university loans
— have been utilized before
students apply to us."
Many of the applicants
are already heavily in debt.
The medical student who
applied for $1,500 had pre-
viously obtained govern-
ment and health profession
loans totalling $6,500 — for
this one year. Some appli-
cants have been working
since their teens to finance
their education. Others have
parents who can barely sup-
port the family, yet manage
to scrape together $1,000 or
$2,000 for their child's
tuition.
"Repayment is a prob-
lem, because our loans are
interest-free," Greenberg
said. "When students have
other loans, ours are the
last they pay back."
The scholarship service
currently has outstanding
$533,000 in loans to 348
students.
At its most recent meet-
ing in September, the com-
mittee allo6ated an addi-
tional $25,000 to 19 students.
- Any local resident
involved in higher education
— on the undergraduate,
graduate, or technical
school level at a recognized
institution — may apply for
ing a donation to an existing
fund should contact • Ken
Sarason at the Jewish Wel-
fare Federation, 163 Madi-
son Ave., Detroit 48226.
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