Loan Programs >> Student Loans

Educational assistance is a priority for JFLA. Since the establishment of the first Student Loan Fund in 1988, JFLA has assisted more than 2,500 students with interest-free loans totaling more than $6 million.

Jewish undergraduate students are eligible for loans of up to $2,500 per year; Jewish graduate students are eligible for loans of up to $3,000 per year. Student loans are renewable on an annual basis. Students must be permanent residents of Southern California and enrolled full-time with a GPA over 2.5 and two co-signers.
  
In addition, JFLA offers loans for Israel Experience programs, as well as for local students of all faiths enrolled in undergraduate or graduate school, nursing programs and technical or vocational programs. 

To schedule an appointment for a student loan application and interview, please contact Saul Korin at saul@jfla.org or call 323-761-8830 x109.

We encourage you to visit Jewish Vocational Service’s website for information on their need-based scholarship program for Jewish residents of Los Angeles.

JFLA is proud to offer student loans from the following Donor-Directed Loan Funds:

• Newton D. & Rochelle F. Becker Graduate Student Loan Fund
• Newton D. & Rochelle F. Becker Israel Experience Loan Fund
• Brandman Foundation Loan Fund for Nursing Students*
• Dr. Penrose L. Desser & Dr. Bella F. Schimmel Medical Student Loan Fund
• Ruth & Jack Hirsch Family Art Student Loan Fund
• Jewish Communal Student Loan Fund
• Kornfeld Accounting Student Loan Fund
• Edward Meltzer Student Loan Fund for Undergraduate Students
• Albert Parvin Foundation Applied Education Loan Fund
• I. William Schimmel & Blanche I. Schimmel Law Student Loan Fund
• Patricia & Stanley Silver Loan Fund for Art Students
• Mitchell J. Stein Student Loan Fund
• Victor & Nancy Snider Educational Loan Fund
• Ziering Family Student Loan Fund
  
  *Additional funding for this program generously provided by the following foundations: Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, S. Mark Taper Foundation, Louis L. and Irma Colen Foundation, Norris Foundation, Wells Fargo Foundation and Lon V. Smith Foundation.

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