AVI CHAI concluded its general grant making on December 31, 2019.
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Different Faiths, Common Challenge: Day School Affordability
by dperla | Oct 2, 2013 |
The Catholic and Jewish communities have a long history of providing financial aid for constituents unable to bear the full cost of an immersive religious education. In a new whitepaper, entitled Different Faiths, Common challenge: Maintaining the Affordability of a...
When a Scarf Should Be a Scarf: Organizations and Network-Weaving
by Deborah Fishman | Sep 24, 2013 |
By: Deborah Fishman Increasing buzz around networks and their power to influence people, draw out passion and excitement, and spread ideas has left numerous Jewish organizations wondering: What bearing do these concepts have for us? And if this is relevant – what...
The “Real” Last Mitzvah
by Michael Berger | Sep 17, 2013 |
By: Dr. Michael S. Berger For many Jewish day schools in the Northern Hemisphere, the concluding Torah portions always coincide with the beginning of the school year. Sadly, these Biblical chapters get short shrift in day schools, as educators are busy preparing...
How Do You Think About “Jewish” Giving?
by YossiPrager | Aug 29, 2013 |
This article is cross-posted from the eJewish Philanthropy Blog. by Yossi Prager When Dan Brown, the wizard behind eJewishPhilanthropy, suggested that I write for Rosh Hashana about my view of the many discussions on Jewish versus non-Jewish giving, my first thought...
Why Be BOLD?
by YossiPrager | Aug 26, 2013 |
This article is cross-posted from the eJewish Philanthropy Blog. This week, The AVI CHAI Foundation, the Affordable Jewish Education Project (AJE) and the Kohelet Foundation announced the winners of the BOLD Day Schools grant, which will assist five established day...
PECKS: The Key to An Effective Educational Environment
by Guest | Aug 13, 2013 |
By: Jonathan Cannon This summer I had the privilege of facilitating two cohorts through programs at the Harvard Graduate School of Education Principals' Center, sponsored by the AVI CHAI Foundation and, for Chicago participants, the Crown Foundation. The first program...
A Report on AVI CHAI’s Strategy_Lab or A Freezeframe Moment in the Early Stages of a Front Flip
by Susan Kardos | Aug 7, 2013 |
By: Susan Kardos On July 21, I wrote an eJewishPhilanthropy blog post about AVI CHAI’s foray into different types of activities in these, our sunset years. I developed a gymnastics metaphor and compared a back flip (which may be scary at first, but where you can...
In Search of the High Quality, “Lean and Mean” Jewish Day School
by dperla | Aug 5, 2013 |
This article is cross-posted from the eJewish Philanthropy Blog. By: Dr. Harry Bloom and Dan Perla There has been a great deal written about new blended learning schools which are leveraging educational technology to increase the quality of teaching and learning while...
What Do Teachers and School Heads Do During Summer Vacation?
by LeahMeir | Jul 31, 2013 |
By: Leah Nadich Meir We’ve all heard it before (and maybe have said it to ourselves): “Teachers have it great. They work until 3 PM for ten months a year and then get to hang out on the beach all summer!” That may be true of some teachers, but I saw a very different...
Become Social with the Jewish Day School Social Media Academy
by Guest | Jul 29, 2013 |
Applications are currently open for the 2013-14 cohort of the Jewish Day School Social Media Academy! The Academy is designed to help Jewish Day Schools advance their strategic use of social media in areas such as communication, marketing, community building, alumni...