Avi Chai

Following on the interview of Program Officer Rabbi Steven Brown this week, some readers took the opportunity to ask him questions of their own. Read answers here – and if you have a question of your own, please keep them coming! “In an educational context, adults often do become role models for kids by virtue of the situation and the adults’ dedication to the work. How do we strategically approach training these adults to become … Read More »

Interview with Rabbi Steven M. Brown, Ed.D – you may ask him a question, below! The AVI CHAI Foundation is thrilled that Rabbi Steven M. Brown, Ed.D, has joined the team as Program Officer. Dr. Brown was last Head of School at the Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy in Philadelphia, and prior to that Dean of the William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education at The Jewish Theological Seminary and Director of the Melton Research … Read More »

By: Galli Aizenman Since 2010, AVI CHAI has been working on developing online and blended learning in Jewish day schools. Our interest in this area is both because we believe in the potential for education innovation which exists with this kind of learning and also because the online learning model could offer cost savings to the schools. Within online learning, one of the areas of great interest to us is stimulating the development of online … Read More »

Tamar Rabinowitz has received this year’s Grinspoon-Steinhardt Award for Excellence in Jewish Education, presented by the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties at their Annual Meeting on June 10. Tamar is a graduate of the first cohort of the Pardes Educators Program, an AVI CHAI-sponsored two-year teaching training program for those pursuing day school education as a definite career path, combining intensive text study at Pardes with an MJEd … Read More »