On Archiving

On Archiving

This article is cross-posted on eJewishPhilanthropy. By: Yossi Prager As AVI CHAI enters its last month, I am writing another post in our series related to foundation strategy, implementation, culture and sunset. This post focuses on archiving, a topic that...

Donor Intent: The Legacy of Zalman Chaim Bernstein

Cross-posted on eJewishPhilanthropy. By Tony Proscio Zalman Chaim Bernstein, entrepreneur, financier, philanthropist, master of research, lover of books, seeker after knowledge, violator of norms, died on January 6, 1999, at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in...
It’s Time for Truly Disruptive Jewish Education

It’s Time for Truly Disruptive Jewish Education

By: Dr. Jack Wertheimer Cross-posted from Gleanings, the ejournal of the William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education of The Jewish Theological Seminary.  Observers of American Jewish life are divided about many issues, but there seems to be a solid consensus...

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...
Giving Away Knowledge, Free of Charge

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...
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