In the summers of 2007 and 2008, AVI CHAI provided funding toward seminars and workshops for musicians from across the FSU who met in St. Petersburg for a four-day seminar which was guided and led by local and international Klezmer musicians. The highlight of the program was a series of large Klezmer concerts in St. Petersburg and, following the end of the program, smaller concerts by seminar musicians in a number of cities from which local participants hailed.
AVI CHAI concluded its general grant making on December 31, 2019.