Jenny Goldberg Community Service Grant

2021 Applications are closed.

B’nai B’rith Jenny Goldberg Community Service Grant now in its 17th year is available again.
The $2,500 Grant honours the memory of the late Jenny Goldberg and acknowledges her untiring volunteering skills, which she gave to B’nai B’rith, the Jewish and the broader community at large.
Eligible applicants must be Jewish, under 35 years of age, reside in Melbourne, and have a history of volunteering in Jewish and wider communities.

Past winners have come from a range of Jewish organisations such as Little Dreamers, AUJS, Stand-Up, Flying Fox, Task Force against Family Violence, Chabad, Jewish musical theatre, and others. For more information, please contact the BBVic office on 9523 0888 or admin@bbvic.org.au

2021 Recipients:

B'nai B'rith Victoria congratulates the two recipients of the 2021 Jenny Goldberg Community Service Grant, for their outstanding commitment to the community and volunteering.
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Mazel Tov Jessie Horovitz & Monty Shahab - we wish you the best!

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Oren Smith wins B’nai B’rith Grant, October 2018
 
Oren Smith has won the 14th Annual Jenny Goldberg Community Service Grant (JGCSG) which was set up as a memory to Jenny who was passionate volunteer within the Jewish and wider communities.
Oren graduated from Melbourne University with a Bachelor of Commerce degree majoring in Accounting and Management and he has worked and volunteered in the not for profit community sector using his skills in finance, strategy and operations.
One of the main criteria for the recipient of the JGCSG is that he or she must use the Grant to improve their volunteering ​​capacity, and hence the community at large.  Oren plans to do just that.  He is intending to do a course run by the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
​From Oren’s involvement in B’nai Akiva, his Shule, and  the United Jewish Education Board,   Oren has learned that to maximise  an organisation’s effectiveness, it needs a professional who is well trained in governance and strategy.
To quote Oren:  “This course will provide me with the professional   knowledge to create the most profound impact I can.”
                                                             
P P  Frieda Shapiro
​Trustee of the JGCSG

2018 Jenny Goldberg grant winner is Oren Smith (left)

Nathan Faiman, Great nephew of Jenny Goldberg, Caitlin Faiman, neice of Jenny, Oren Smith, Frieda Shapiro,trustee and Charles New trustee

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Yerachmiel Aron wins 2017 Grant
The 2017 Jenny Goldberg Community Service Grant was won by Yerachmiel Aron, a passionate advocate for improvement and providing mental health support within the Jewish and general communities. Aron is using the grant to help support his studies and professional development.

(l-r): Charles New, Rachmi Aron (2017 winner), Anthony Goldberg and Frieda Shapiro