AVI CHAI concluded its general grant making on December 31, 2019.
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In Case You Missed: Roundup from the iJED Online/Blended Learning Café
By: Rachel Mohl Abrahams Earlier this month at the iJED conference, AVI CHAI hosted a café that was devoted to online and blended learning. Throughout the conference, attendees could come in and have a cup of coffee, relax, network with colleagues and find out more...
Lay Leadership: Galvanizing a Movement
Who are some of the educational leaders advancing the day school field? I had the opportunity to meet with some of them during the recent Moving the Needle and iJED day school conferences, where hundreds of day school administrators, lay leaders, and other educational...
From the TABLETS to Tablets: iTaLAM Think Tank
TaL AM, the widely used curriculum integrating and aligning Hebrew Language Arts with Judaic Studies, has touched the lives of more than 30,000 students each year in almost 400 schools around the world. Now TaL AM, in partnership with Compedia, is embarking on a new...
Harvard Leadership Programs: A Springboard for Reflective Practice
We are now accepting applications for two summer leadership institutes at The Principals’ Center of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Up to 20 Jewish day school leaders will receive AVI CHAI sponsorship to enhance their ability to improve the quality of their...
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks: “If You Want to Save the Jewish Future, You Have to Build Jewish Day Schools”
By: Deborah Fishman Though Rabbi Jonathan Sacks is widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest Jewish leaders of our time, not everyone is privileged to be exposed to his words in person. Last night, the attendees of the iJED Day School Conference had that...
Harvard Leadership Programs through a Jewish Lens
This summer, AVI CHAI will sponsor up to 20 day school leaders to attend one of two institutes at The Principal’s Center at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The two institutes are: Improving Schools: The Art of Leadership (AOL), for leaders with 1-3 years of...
Pioneering Consortium Advances Role of Research in Jewish Education
The Consortium for Applied Studies in Jewish Education (CASJE) has announced an exciting new collaboration among practitioners, researchers, and funders of Jewish education. The Consortium will lead efforts to identify key education questions, assist researchers in...
Is Your Day School Ready To Take the Social Media Leap?
By: Lisa Colton Enhancing your social media and video use can be hard and sometimes daunting work. But never fear: if you are curious about how to up your online presence across platforms, you can now access the collective resources and learnings from The Jewish Day...
BunkConnect: A New Program in Camping Affordability
A new Jewish camping initiative was announced today in eJewishPhilanthropy: BunkConnect. The program aims to make summer camp a more financially feasible decision through matching income-eligible families with high-quality camps at a more affordable price. An...
Moving the Needle at the RAVSAK/Pardes Day School Conference
This article was cross-posted from eJewishPhilanthropy. By: Deborah Fishman Last week, over 500 day school educators, lay leaders, and administrators gathered in Los Angeles for “Moving the Needle: Galvanizing Change in Our Day Schools.” Hosted by RAVSAK and Pardes...