{"id":1703,"date":"2018-08-16T16:15:17","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T16:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pajewishendowment.org\/en\/?p=1703"},"modified":"2019-08-09T17:12:49","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T17:12:49","slug":"bridge-to-tomorrow-march-of-the-living-scholarship-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pajewishendowment.org\/en\/bridge-to-tomorrow-march-of-the-living-scholarship-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridge to Tomorrow March of the Living Scholarship Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1724\" src=\"https:\/\/pajewishendowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Bridge-to-Tomorrow-Scholarship.jpg\" alt=\"Bridge-to-Tomorrow-Scholarship\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pajewishendowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Bridge-to-Tomorrow-Scholarship.jpg 800w, https:\/\/pajewishendowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Bridge-to-Tomorrow-Scholarship-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pajewishendowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Bridge-to-Tomorrow-Scholarship-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>Jewish Community Foundation PA<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">\u201cGesher L\u2019Machar \u2013 Bridge to Tomorrow &#8211; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">March of the Living Scholarship Fund\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Scholarships provided by<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>\u201cGesher L\u2019 Machar (Bridge to Tomorrow) March of the Living Scholarship Fund.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>of The Jewish Community Foundation of Central PA <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Established in 2001 by Lois Lehrman Grass and Morris z\u2019l and Linda Schwab, with donations from other generous members of the community, this fund provides scholarships to\u00a0Harrisburg Hebrew High School (now known as SABABA) attendees who seek financial support in order to participate in the March of the Living (MOTL.)<\/p>\n<p><em>The International March of the Living is an annual educational program, bringing individuals from around the world to Poland and Israel to study the history of the Holocaust and to examine the roots of prejudice, intolerance and hatred. Taking place annually, the March of the Living itself is a 5-kilometer walk from Auschwitz to Birkenau as a tribute to all victims of the Holocaust.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Application information:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Deadlines: <\/strong>applications may be submitted September 1 through October 1 of the academic year in which you will participate in the MOTL program.\u00a0To be considered, all items requested in the application must be completed and submitted by the deadline.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Only SABABA<\/strong> (formerly known as Harrisburg Hebrew High) students may apply for this scholarship. Students must be in their senior year of high school.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>BBYO members must also apply to <strong>BBYO for a scholarship prior to submitting this application<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>If the applicant is a member of a synagogue, the applicant must reach out to their congregational rabbi to request financial support <strong>prior to submitting this application<\/strong>.\u00a0 Be sure to advise the rabbi of the deadline for submission and request that they provide in writing the amount of financial support that they will provide.\n<ul>\n<li>The letter from the rabbi must include the <strong>amount<\/strong>, the <strong>name of the applicant<\/strong> and that the <strong>money is for the applicant to participate in the MOTL program<\/strong> and the <strong>year the applicant plans to participate<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Gesher L\u2019 Machar scholarships will be awarded based upon the criteria herein, including financial need, leadership, volunteerism, commitment to Jewish values, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Applications will be reviewed by committee in October and award notices will be sent out in November. <strong>Committee decisions are final.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Questions<\/strong> can be referred to\u00a0<strong>Sally Jo Bronner, SABABA director <a href=\"mailto:s.bronner@jewishfedhbg.org\">s.bronner@jewishfedhbg.org<\/a><\/strong>, or <strong>Paulette Keifer<\/strong>, <strong><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:info@pajewishendowment.org\">info@pajewishendowment.org<\/a>\u00a0Executive Director<\/strong>, The Jewish Community Foundation of Central PA (JCFofCPA)<strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Combined scholarships and family contributions may not exceed the total cost of MOTL.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>AP exams can be rescheduled<\/strong> if they conflict with the trip. \u00a0Please check with your school\u2019s administrator to secure approval in writing.<strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>There is no guarantee of funding unless the applicant has consistently attended SABABA for 5 consecutive years.\n<ul>\n<li>Students who have attended SABABA for 5 years will receive a subsidy of a minimum of $1,000.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/pajewishendowment.org\/en\/gesher-lmachar-march-of-the-living-scholarship-application\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nClick Here to Apply<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><br \/>\nQUESTIONS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">If you have any questions, please contact:<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><a href=\"mailto:s.bronner@jewishfedhbg.org\">SallJo Bonner\u00a0<\/a>or\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:info@pajewishendowment.org\">Paulette Keifer<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 20px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jewish Community Foundation PA \u201cGesher L\u2019Machar \u2013 Bridge to Tomorrow &#8211; March of the Living Scholarship Fund\u201d &nbsp; Scholarships provided by \u201cGesher L\u2019 Machar (Bridge to Tomorrow) March of the Living Scholarship Fund.\u201d of The Jewish Community Foundation of Central &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pajewishendowment.org\/en\/bridge-to-tomorrow-march-of-the-living-scholarship-fund\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":436,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,19],"tags":[104,12,105],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pajewishendowment.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1703"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pajewishendowment.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pajewishendowment.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pajewishendowment.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pajewishendowment.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1703"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/pajewishendowment.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1903,"href":"https:\/\/pajewishendowment.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1703\/revisions\/1903"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pajewishendowment.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pajewishendowment.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pajewishendowment.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pajewishendowment.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}