While the nature of our focused philanthropy precludes grant making in areas beyond day schools and camping, AVI CHAI may be able to contribute more broadly through research and policy reports. At many turns in our planning over the past ten years, we found ourselves needing more refined information about the Jewish world than was currently available. Once we developed the needed information, we shared it with the broader Jewish community. We now plan to undertake research and policy thinking outside of our core funding areas, consistent with the full breadth of our mission statement, which calls on AVI CHAI to encourage Jews toward greater commitment to a Jewish way of life and to encourage mutual understanding among Jews of different religious backgrounds and commitments to Jewish observance. By making data available and offering analysis and recommendations, we hope to have some influence on the public discussion. To our great enthusiasm, Dr. Jack Wertheimer of the Jewish Theological Seminary, has agreed to direct these research and policy efforts.