JBI Library, an organization that helps connect Jews who are blind or have low vision to Jewish communal life, has announced its largest round of Wolfson Merit Awards, granting more than $180,000 to 18 legally blind Jewish students studying in the United States and Israel.
Recipients represent a broad range of disciplines—from psychology and business to Jewish history and education—at institutions that include the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Virginia; the University of Georgia; Touro University; Bar-Ilan University; the University of Haifa; and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
The late Nathan L. Wolfson and his wife, Suzanne Wolfson, established the program to provide educational scholarships to blind and low-vision Jewish students at accredited colleges and universities.
There are a number of criteria that must be met to receive the award. Applications for the 2026 cycle open in December.
