AVI CHAI concluded its general grant making on December 31, 2019.
The AVI CHAI Foundation Blog
Day School Numbers Not So Bad
by Guest | Jan 17, 2012 |
Statistics Show Declining Enrollment, Not System in Decline By: Jack Wertheimer The Avi Chai Foundation’s newly released data on current day school enrollments has drawn attention from many, including J.J. Goldberg in a column on these pages. Like Goldberg’s, these...
Heard Around NAJDS: Today's Inspired Jewish Ideas
by Deborah Fishman | Jan 16, 2012 |
By: Deborah Fishman I’m here at the North American Jewish Day School Conference, where shared experiences and new ideas are flying amidst over 600 participants. Here are just a few of those ideas I picked up today: in sessions, in the hallways, and of course from the...
Inspired Jewish Ideas: Jewish Educators at the North American Jewish Day School Conference
by Deborah Fishman | Jan 16, 2012 |
Here is a sneak preview of inspired Jewish ideas from educators at the conference:
A Look at the Landscape of the North American Jewish Day School Conference
by admin | Jan 12, 2012 |
By: Alicia Post This Sunday, I am headed to the North American Jewish Day School Conference in Atlanta. Will you be there? Over 600 educators and lay leaders from throughout North America and across a range of denominations will convene to meet, greet, collaborate and...
Guest Blogging for North American Jewish Day School Conference
by Deborah Fishman | Jan 11, 2012 |
By: Deborah Fishman I am extremely excited for the opportunity to guest blog for The AVI CHAI Foundation at the North American Jewish Day School Conference in Atlanta next week. With a theme of “Current Landscape – Changing Horizons,” the conference offers an...
Failing to Succeed
by dfuchs | Jan 5, 2012 |
By: Deena Fuchs The AVI CHAI staff is hard at work preparing for our upcoming Board of Trustees meeting and therefore not as prolific as usual, with respect to this blog. We will be sure to report back here about any new developments that arise from the meeting, which...
Takeaways from Chanukah 2011/5772
by YossiPrager | Dec 27, 2011 |
By: Yossi Prager As Chanukah draws to an end, I have begun to think about the takeaways from the holiday that I hope will inspire me well into 2012. Rather than focus on the traditions of the holiday, my thoughts drift to the underlying events and the sense of pride...
Tell Me a Story
by dfuchs | Dec 20, 2011 |
By: Deena Fuchs Back in March, I wrote a blog post about the power of storytelling and the importance of being able to share the WHY - why do we do what we do? At the foundation there is a growing interest in how stories can and should be used in communications and...
Middle Income Affordability Programs—A Promising Frontier in Day School Affordability
by dperla | Dec 15, 2011 |
By: Dan Perla If you ask a large group of parents whose children attend a Jewish day school to name the most pressing school issue on their mind, they will almost certainly utter the same word—AFFORDABILITY. Simply put, for a large group of parents, a day school...
2011-12 Day School Enrollment: Press Release
by admin | Dec 13, 2011 |
The question raised frequently in the press and around day school tables across the country has been how the recent and lingering economic crisis is affecting day school enrollments, with widespread predictions of significant enrollment decline, including in the...