Life in the arts is never easy, especially in a bad economy. For some Jewish artists, it’s about to get a lot harder. The Six Points Fellowship, a program of the Foundation for Jewish Culture that has given away some $1.26 million to artists over seven years, is shutting down its flagship New York fellowship…
Columbia University has joined an effort to have restrictions removed from a decades-old scholarship offered only to white students. The Lydia C. Roberts Fellowship, established in 1920, requires that Columbia students who receive funding must be from Iowa, must not study law or several other fields, and must return to Iowa for two years after…
The Joshua Venture Group named eight fellows for its 2012-14 Dual Investment Program. The North American social entrepreneurs announced Monday each will receive $80,000 in unrestricted funding for their Jewish ventures and more than $20,000 in personalized coaching, training and networking. The new cohort of fellows includes Sarah Heitler Bamberger of Berkeley, Calif. for the…
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