AVI CHAI concluded its general grant making on December 31, 2019.

The AVI CHAI Foundation Blog

AVI CHAI’s Camping Work: A Retrospective

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...

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On Archiving

On Archiving

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...

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Hebrew Language Education: Toward Fulfilling My Dream

Hebrew Language Education: Toward Fulfilling My Dream

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...

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Addressing the Yitro Graduates

Addressing the Yitro Graduates

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...

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Donor Intent: The Legacy of Zalman Chaim Bernstein

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...

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How Do You Think About “Jewish” Giving?

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...

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