By: Michael Berger At the GA convention earlier this month, Rabbi Elie Kaunfer, the author of “Empowered Judaism,” one of the co-founders of Mechon Hadar, and a 2008 AVI CHAI Fellow, gave an inspiring plenary address on the essential role Torah study must play in...
The International Association for K-12 Online Learning (INACOL) held their annual conference on November 9-11 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Virtual School Symposium (VSS) 2011 theme was “Empowered to perform: online and blended learning models”. As you might expect,...
By: Yossi Prager What is top of mind for the wealthiest funders of Jewish education/identity in North America? Based on AVI CHAI’s conversations: Israel education and advocacy. As part of AVI CHAI’s spend-down strategy, our Trustees and staff have been meeting with...
By: Alicia Post Last Wednesday night history was made. Over 50 Jewish educators, practitioners and thought leaders from around the country got together on a twitter chat. This first ever Jewish educators chat or #JEDCHAT was organized by Rabbi Akevy Greenblatt, Rabbi...
By: Alicia Post I had the pleasure of attending the Day Schools Social Media Academy graduation where ten NY area schools joined together to reflect on how much they accomplished over the past six months. The graduation ceremony provided the opportunity for the...
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