Aner Shofty
ANER SHOFTY
Adv. Aner Shofty, 31, is a lawyer specializing in international law, human rights, and humanitarian law. He completed his IDF service in the INSU (8200) intelligence unit as an analyst and commander. Before his military service, Adv. Shofty volunteered as a young emissary in the Greenwich, CT Jewish community. He holds an LL.B. in Law from Tel Aviv University, where he worked as a research and teaching assistant. Following his studies, he served as a law clerk at the Office of the Deputy Attorney General for International Law in the Israeli Ministry of Justice. There, he contributed to Israel's first review by the Committee for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the fourth Universal Periodic Review by the Human Rights Council. While working in the ministry, Adv. Shofty completed the rigorous examination process for the UN's Young Professionals Program in Legal Affairs. He is currently pursuing an LL.M. in International Legal Studies at NYU.
The St. Paul Jewish Federation administers the scholarship fund, which has granted 97 scholarships since its inception. With the high cost of tuition, often as much as $75,000 a year, an increasing number of applicants seek this prestigious prize. The E. David Fischman Scholarship, administered through the St. Paul Jewish Federation, provides full tuition and most general fees (excluding medical and housing) for graduate degrees through completion of a doctorate in political science, law, or economics at a top university in the U.S., such as (but not limited to) Harvard, Yale, Stanford, or Columbia, to Israelis who have served in the IDF. The scholarship is awarded annually to a limited number of qualified applicants. Upon completion of their studies, Fischman Scholarship recipients are obliged to return to Israel and occupy a position in their profession in civic or political life for a minimum of five years.