AVI CHAI concluded its general grant making on December 31, 2019.
The AVI CHAI Foundation Blog
AVI CHAI’s Camping Work: A Retrospective
by Deborah Fishman | Dec 30, 2019 |
By: Joel Einleger and Deborah Fishman As AVI CHAI approached sunset over the past year, our staff have been sharing lessons learned from our grantmaking in this series on our blog and in eJewishPhilanthropy. We published this piece about a strategic approach to...
An Interview with Naomi Schrager of Lookstein Virtual
by Deborah Fishman | Dec 18, 2019 |
In this interview, we meet Naomi Schrager, Director of Education for Lookstein Virtual Jewish Academy. We thank Naomi for sharing her passions for Jewish education, personalized learning, and more! 1) Please tell us a little bit...
Your Work as Researchers and Practitioners Will Be Ever More Important to Help the Camping Field
by Joel Einleger | Dec 12, 2019 |
AVI CHAI Senior Program Officer Joel Einleger delivered these remarks at the recent conference on Jewish summer camps hosted by the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education at Brandeis University. Thank you Jeremy, and thank you Jon...
On Archiving
by YossiPrager | Nov 25, 2019 |
This article is cross-posted on eJewishPhilanthropy. By: Yossi Prager As AVI CHAI enters its last month, I am writing another post in our series related to foundation strategy, implementation, culture and sunset. This post focuses on archiving, a topic that...
Hebrew Language Education: Toward Fulfilling My Dream
by LeahMeir | Nov 6, 2019 |
Cross-posted here on eJewishPhilanthropy By: Leah Nadich Meir Looking back at the 19 years I’ve worked at AVI CHAI, I am thankful beyond measure that so much of my project oversight intersected so perfectly with my values and priorities. One prime example is my work...
Addressing the Yitro Graduates
by LeahMeir | Oct 25, 2019 |
By: Leah Nadich Meir I’m honored and happy to have the chance to wish you - the graduates of Yitro’s 4th cohort - a “Yasher Koach” and send you on to the next step in your learning – because, as you know, Jewish learning is...
Donor Intent: The Legacy of Zalman Chaim Bernstein
by Guest | Oct 23, 2019 |
Cross-posted on eJewishPhilanthropy. By Tony Proscio Zalman Chaim Bernstein, entrepreneur, financier, philanthropist, master of research, lover of books, seeker after knowledge, violator of norms, died on January 6, 1999, at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in...
How Do You Think About “Jewish” Giving?
by YossiPrager | Oct 2, 2019 |
A version of this article was cross-posted on the eJewish Philanthropy Blog and here on the AVI CHAI blog in August 2013. by Yossi Prager When Dan Brown, the wizard behind eJewishPhilanthropy, suggested that I write for the Days of Awe about my view of the many...
Ancient Jewish Wisdom for the Health of the Jewish Nonprofit Field
by YossiPrager | Sep 24, 2019 |
A version of this piece was first published in September 2015. View the original here. By Yossi Prager The Jewish nonprofit world has been my professional home for over 20 years. I am proud to have as colleagues very many passionate and talented professionals serving...
Getting to Sustainability: A Case Study of the Jewish New Teacher Project
by Michael Berger | Sep 19, 2019 |
Cross-posted here on eJewishPhilanthropy. By: Michael S. Berger One of the roles foundations play in American society is that of “venture capitalists” in the social sector. Bold, creative solutions to social and educational challenges almost always need funding to get...