Bronfman Fellowship Applications Are Open

The Bronfman Fellowship is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for its 41st cohort. Every year, the Fellowship selects 26 outstanding North American teenagers from a wide range of Jewish backgrounds for a free, intellectually challenging year of programming and community building, beginning with an immersive summer experience in the U.S. and Israel in between the Fellows’ junior and senior years of high school.

During a time of rising polarization, isolation, bigotry, and threats to democracy around the world, the Fellowship is committed to cultivating young Jewish leaders who can build a more interconnected, courageous, and pluralistic future. The nonprofit Fellowship was founded by Edgar M. Bronfman, z”l, formerly CEO of the Seagram Company Ltd. and a visionary Jewish philanthropist.

Applications for the 2027 Fellowship are due Dec. 1 and are available online at bronfman.org. High school students in the U.S. and Canada who identify as Jewish and who are in 11th grade in the fall of 2026 are eligible to apply. The Bronfman Fellowship is a pluralistic program for Jews of all backgrounds; prior Jewish education is not required. The Fellowship seeks young people eager to engage deeply with others, build trust through nuanced discourse, and see through a lens broader than their own.

“The Fellowship is an opportunity for dynamic personal and intellectual growth in a group of carefully chosen teens,” said Becky Voorwinde, CEO. “In a world that is increasingly divided, we seek to increase communication and understanding between young people from across the spectrum of Jewish life, including fostering bonds between Jews in North America and Israel. This program serves as a creative force that has inspired some of our best Jewish young adults to become leaders in their communities, and to develop their unique talents to change the world for the better.”

“My father, Edgar M. Bronfman, placed enormous faith in young people’s ability to see the world not just as it is, but as it ought to be,” said Adam R. Bronfman, president of The Samuel Bronfman Foundation. “He believed that young people energized by their Judaism were best equipped to both shape a Jewish ‘Renaissance’ and improve the world.”

To learn more about The Bronfman Fellowship, and to apply or to refer a teen to the program, visit bronfman.org. Applications are due Dec. 1.