AVI CHAI concluded its general grant making on December 31, 2019.
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Getting Beyond the Survey
By: Dr. Susan Kardos In November, I wrote a piece posted here about the wide chasm that often exists between research and practice. In that post I promised additional posts related to the broader topic of “evidence informed decision making.” During the first week of...
Harvard Learnings in Action: Leadership through a STEAM Mindset
In 1997, The AVI CHAI Foundation began sponsoring day school leaders to attend one of two week-long summer institutes at The Principals Center, a division of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Many of the 566 participants who have attended since then found the...
Harvard Learnings in Action: From Dr. Sarah Levy, Denver Jewish Day School
In 1997, The AVI CHAI Foundation began sponsoring day school leaders to attend one of two week-long summer institutes at The Principals Center, a division of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Many of the 566 participants who have attended since then found the...
Giving Away Knowledge, Free of Charge
This piece is cross-posted in eJewishPhilanthropy. By Deena K. Fuchs I woke up January 1st with an uneasy feeling. It was officially the first day of the last year of The AVI CHAI Foundation’s grantmaking. This is not the time, nor the place to go into how that...
Jewish Day School Thought Leadership Roundup via eJewishPhilanthropy
Are you looking for what’s trending in Jewish day school thought leadership? Look no further than eJewishPhilanthropy, where day school leaders have contributed many inspiring articles of late. We recommend you add the following to your reading list. “Unlocking the...
Harvard Learnings in Action: From Associate Principal Yehuda Jeiger
In 1997, The AVI CHAI Foundation began sponsoring day school leaders to attend one of two week-long summer institutes at The Principals Center, a division of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Many of the 566 participants who have attended since then found the...
Tu B’Shvat and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
This year, we have a double celebration – the coinciding of Tu B’shvat, the Jewish New Year of the Trees, and MLK Day, when we commemorate the great civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. In Jewish day schools, this presents a great opportunity to think about...
New Year's Intentions
Tefilah (prayer) and tefilah education are central to a Jewish day school education. At the same time, it is a challenge to transmit the skills and the spiritual underpinning for tefilah to students as they move through different stages of intellectual and emotional...
A Holistic Approach to Israel Education: Day Schools and Summer Camps – Part 1
This is part one in a three-part blog series from The iCenter for Israel Education, sharing its approach to working closely with day schools and camps to create effective Israel education experiences for learners. By Dvora Goodman and Aliza Goodman Many Jewish...
Yitro: Exploring Perspective and Hospitality in Austin
In this post and its accompanying photos, Briana Holtzman and Teri McGuire from the Foundation for Jewish Camp (FJC) reflect on the third seminar of the fourth cohort of the Yitro Leadership Program, which is funded by The AVI CHAI Foundation. The program works with...