The Louis Edelstein Scholarship Fund - Jerusalem Foundation

The Louis Edelstein Scholarship Fund
Annual Report 2008
For the 6 th year, the Louis Edelstein Scholarship Fund is encouraging
outstanding students studying the arts in Jerusalem to become involved in the
community through participating in volunteering projects around the city.
Scholarships were distributed by the Jerusalem Foundation to 83 students in
the following institutions:
• The Musrara School of Photography
• The Nissan Nativ Acting Studio
• The Sam Spiegel School of Film and Television
• The School of Visual Theatre
• Hadassah College
• Ma’ale School of Television, Film, and the Arts
• The Bezalel Academy of Art and Design
• The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance
• The Jerusalem Center for Middle Eastern Music and Dance
The scholarship awards were distributed on July 1 st in a heartfelt ceremony in
the Konrad Adenauer Lecture Hall at Mishkenot Sha'ananim. Students
gathered with their friends and families to receive their awards.
Awardees engaged in many wonderful volunteer projects throughout the
year, using their gifts to reach out to others in the community. The volunteer
project that was featured at the awards ceremony was initiated by several film
students from the Sam Spiegel School. They worked with a group of Jewish

and Arab adults with special needs and taught them the process of creating a
movie. Participants learned how to handle a video camera and how to create a
story on screen. At the end of their time together, the group of special needs
adults created an original movie from start to finish, using all of the skills that
they had learned from the film students
The Jerusalem Foundation recognizes that the future of Jerusalem is
dependant on its youth. In addition to helping the students financially, the
aim of the scholarship is to stimulate a greater involvement in the cultural life
of the city to encourage the students to remain in Jerusalem once they
complete their studies.
MUSRARA SCHOOL OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Established by the Jerusalem Foundation in 1986, the Musrara School of
Photography prepares creative artists in both traditional and digital
photography, multimedia, photojournalism and contemporary music.
Located in the enchanting Musrara neighborhood, opposite the Old City, the
school emphasizes the role of the community’s influence on photography and
encourages its student to use the neighborhood as inspiration. Ten students
received scholarships.
1. Yavin Ben-Reshef
2. Dekel Eisenberg
3. Ayal Tamir
4. Sharon Kanah
5. Avital Gerah
6. Tamar Weiss
7. Daniel Bak
8. Ohr Shavit
9. Atar Rosenfeld
10. Michal Pokes
SAM SPIEGEL SCHOOL OF FILM AND TELEVISION
Founded in 1989 as a joint venture of the Ministry of Education and Culture
and the Jerusalem Foundation, The Sam Spiegel Film and Television School
provides practical training in all facets of cinematic production: directing,
scriptwriting, producing, cinematography, and editing. Ten students
received scholarships.
1. Asaf Shanir
2. Adin Weiner

3. Nagah Ashad
4. Rafi Balulu
5. Thelma Shwitzer
6. Yarden Carmen
7. Elad Adelman
8. David Matityahu
9. Hila Sharim
10. Nahad Bashara
NISSAN NATIV ACTING STUDIO
Established by the Jerusalem Foundation in 1986, the Nissan Nativ Acting
Studio trains new generations of actors and drama teachers for the Israeli
theater, film and television. Three students in the rigorous three year acting
course received scholarships.
1. Yiftach Leibovitz
2. Amit Ulman
3. Meir Malul
THE SCHOOL OF VISUAL THEATER
Employing an interdisciplinary approach, the School of Visual Theater trains
artists in the techniques of performance art, dance, multimedia, puppet
theatre, and stage design. Six students received scholarships from the
Edelstein Scholarship Fund.
1. Moran Sandrovitz
2. Noa Elran
3. Liron Chogeg
4. Noa Dar
5. Jenny Adlerblum
6. Ma’ayan Moses
HADASSAH COLLEGE, SCHOOL OF VISUAL
COMMUNICATIONS
Founded in 1970, Hadassah College focuses upon both the academic and
professional aspects of an education in the arts. Its School of Visual
Communications includes departments in print production, industrial design,
photography and digital media and cinema and television production.
Eleven students received scholarships.
1. Ariella Tzipper

2. Garguri Magid
3. Hadas Ashkenazi
4. Hila Bickler
5. Adam Gitin
6. Adi Cohen
7. Shlomi Rothman
8. Shlomit Zaush
9. Roi Kleiman
10. Hagar Porat
11. Sivan Oved
Jerusalem Center for Middle Eastern Music and Dance
Established in 1996, the Jerusalem Center for Middle Eastern Music and
Dance is Israel’s only institution covering the rang e of music played from the
Maghreb in North Africa to the west all the way to Persia in central Asia to
the east. Both theory and practice are emphasized in the three departments:
instrumental, vocal and dance. Eight students were recipients of the Edelstein
Scholarships.
1. Nirit Esther Golan
2. Eytan Ulman
3. Yoel Peikes
4. Avi-ad Reshef
5. Ilan Kinan
6. Natanel Lasar
7. Yigal Yochai Yosian
8. Gilad Chazan
Ma’ale School of Television, Film and the Arts
Founded in 1989, the Ma’ale School of Television, Film and the Arts serves as
a bridge between the world of mass media and religious Jewry. Ma’ale seeks
to educate talented, skilled media people capable of working in the dynamic
world of contemporary media, while giving expression to values arising from
their traditional Jewish cultural heritage. Seven students from Ma’ale
received scholarships.
1. Yael Tribitash
2. Sigalit Jacobi
3. Iti Eskal

4. Ruth Shegev
5. Leah Fleischman
6. Adva Shushan
7. Racheli Wasserman
JERUSALEM ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND DANCE
Since 1947, the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance has been at the
forefront of Jerusalem’s cultural renaissance, training Israel’s musicians,
composers and dancers. The Academy offers musicians the best teachers in
performance, composition, conducting, theory and music education and
teaches dancers techniques and styles ranging from Renaissance and Baroque
to the traditional Yemenite, Spanish and Kurdish. Fifteen students received
stipends from the Edelstein Scholarship Fund.
1. Reut Tzimchoni
2. Shiri Amir
3. Mariana Tataro
4. Shai Sobel
5. Adir Levi
6. Svayid Safi
7. Candlanefet George
8. Chiadri Riham
9. Fadi Shehin
10. Nadav Haayush
11. Yapha Neur
12. Yoav Shemesh
13. Karo Mor
14. Yoav Columbus
15. Canaan Kanti
The Bezalel Academy of Art and Design
Founded in 1906 by Professor Boris Schatz, Bezalel is Isarel’s oldest institution
of higher education and its national academy for the fine arts, design and
architecture. Bezalel’s extensive offerings include studies in the fine arts,
architecture, ceramic design, jewelry design, industrial design, photography,
visual communications, animation, video and film. Thirteen students
received scholarships.
1. Chliel Rova
2. Salaama Rova
3. Abu El Hija Handi
4. Chusin Chulud
5. Aberjil Asher

6. Talia
7. Meret
8. Moti Saada
9. Ya’ara Reichstien
10. Ya’ara Gilboa
11. Gal Levine
12. Miri Berger
13. Navit Chamias