AVI CHAI concluded its general grant making on December 31, 2019.
The AVI CHAI Foundation Blog
Truth and Peace: Values in Tension
by Michael Trapunsky | May 13, 2015 |
By: Yossi Prager The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty seeks to protect the freedom of religion for people of all faiths. In the past, AVI CHAI funded the Becket Fund to support a fellow to work on cases that would benefit Jewish day schools and other parochial...
State of the Field of Jewish Day School Online/Blended Learning: A Webinar
by RachelAbrahams | May 7, 2015 |
On Monday, Senior Program Officer Rachel Mohl Abrahams hosted a webinar, “State of the Field of JDS Online/Blended Learning.” The webinar aimed to explore the findings from two recent AVI CHAI research reports: “Online/Blended Learning State of the Field Survey,” a...
New Online Jewish Studies Courses Available at the Lookstein Virtual Jewish Academy
by GalliAizenman | Apr 30, 2015 |
By: Galli Aizenmann Over the last few years, AVI CHAI has been interested in stimulating the development of online Jewish studies offerings for both middle and high school students at day schools. To that end, we have been funding the work of the Lookstein Virtual...
What Story Does Your School Tell About Its Jewish Purpose?
by Deborah Fishman | Apr 23, 2015 |
This past Monday, Dr. Jack Wertheimer hosted a webinar entitled: “What story does your school tell about its Jewish purpose?” This topic is one of the important themes of the case study series which Dr. Wertheimer directed, “How Schools Enact Their Jewish Missions,”...
Hearts and Minds on Yom Ha’atzmaut
by Deborah Fishman | Apr 22, 2015 |
Today we celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut, the fulfillment of the Zionist dream of an independent Jewish homeland in the Land of Israel. In Jewish day schools across the country, children are experiencing this special day on the Jewish calendar in a variety of modalities —...
Upcoming AVI CHAI Webinars
by Deborah Fishman | Apr 16, 2015 |
Recently, AVI CHAI has released two research reports on day school online/blended learning, as well as a case studies series on how day schools enact their Jewish missions. So far, we have received positive feedback as to the value of this research and thought...
Pesach and Abraham Lincoln’s 150th Yahrzeit: Reflections on God’s Role in History
by YossiPrager | Apr 2, 2015 |
This post is cross-posted from eJewishPhilanthropy By Yossi Prager A new exhibit on Abraham Lincoln and the Jews, paired with a beautiful new book by Jonathan Sarna and Benjamin Shapell, has refocused Jewish attention on Abraham Lincoln. The proximity toPesach is...
Online Learning Continues Rapid Growth in Jewish Day Schools
by Deborah Fishman | Mar 31, 2015 |
Many Jewish day schools are shifting rapidly toward online and blended learning. Providing differentiated learning environments — thereby meeting the individual learning needs of students — continues to stand out as the most common perceived...
20 Case Studies Now Available: How Schools Enact Their Jewish Missions
by Jack Wertheimer | Mar 26, 2015 |
Even as they inevitably pay close attention to financial issues, enrollment trends and the quality of general studies offerings, day school leaders—both professional and lay—are concerned about enacting their school’s Jewish mission. That mission, after all, is what...
A Blended Learning Overview
by StevenBrown | Mar 24, 2015 |
By: Dr. Steve Brown The AVI CHAI Foundation has devoted much time and energy to understanding the nature of blended and online learning and its power to personalize instruction in Jewish day schools. We would like to direct you to rich resource material to help...