Tu B’Shvat Is Here: Resources for Educators and Parents

 By: Deborah Fishman Today’s holiday of Tu B’Shvat is the New Year of the Trees. It is also a terrific opportunity to teach children about caring for Israel and for the earth – all while enjoying some delicious dried fruit and nut snacks. Here is a roundup of some...

Highlights of 2013

As we kick off 2014, we want to provide an update on new program development in the year just completed. In 2013, AVI CHAI worked with operating and funding partners to design and/or launch 11 new initiatives. These new programs are fruits of our continued efforts to...

Practices to Ignite Student Jewish Engagement

In our recent Chanukah blog series, we solicited educator responses to the question: “How do you ignite the Jewish sparks of your students?” We wanted to share some of the responses we received: Chanukah Music Video, “I’m a Jew”...

Jews Stand For Light in the Darkness

This piece introduces our 2013 Chanukah blog series. You can contribute to the conversation by describing your educational practice which lights “Jewish sparks” in the form below. On this blog last Chanukah, Yossi Prager, AVI CHAI’s North American...
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