Financial Aid and Fellowships for Religious Leadership Students
Your decision to study at JTS affirms your passion for Jewish living and learning. That’s why we at JTS are committed to ensuring that qualified candidates can attend The Rabbinical and Cantorial Schools with as much support as possible.
All applicants are eligible to apply for merit-based and need-informed tuition fellowships and stipends as part of the admissions process. Applicants seeking tuition support are required to provide documentation of financial need following the guidelines outlined on our Financial Aid website.
Additional Merit Fellowships for Entering Students
All applicants to The Rabbinical and H. L. Miller Cantorial Schools who are seeking financial aid are also considered for merit-based fellowships, including our prestigious Crown Fellowship, which generously supports two students per year for the first two years of study. Fellowships are awarded to individual students based on recipients’ academic promise and achievement. Some merit fellowships provide additional financial support toward rabbinical studies, while others secure a student’s place in a specific training program with distinct internships and mentoring. For example:
- The Gladstein Fellowship trains students for service in small Jewish communities.
- The Resnick Internship Fellowship provides a stipend for student internships.
- The Paul A. Kaplan Memorial Fellowship supports students during their training in Clinical Pastoral Education.
- The Shapiro Fellowship augments the pay of students working at Camp Ramah.
If you have any questions about finances, admissions, or the programs offered by the Division of Religious Leadership, please reach out to us at admissions@jtsa.edu or (212) 280-6060
Opportunities for Employment
JTS rabbinical students are highly sought after for rabbinic work in the New York region and beyond, and a number of our students launch their own rabbinic projects while still in the program. JTS maintains a student-placement service that helps rabbinical students find annual and seasonal work.
