For two years AVI CHAI contributed toward MASA, a joint initiative of the Jewish Agency (JAFI) and the Israeli Government to enhance the Jewish and Zionist identity of Diaspora young people by encouraging thousands of young Jews to come to Israel on long-term programs. AVI CHAI’s funds were earmarked for MASA’s internal efforts to stimulate new and diverse program development in Israel, with special emphasis placed on academic and pre-professional programs and on participants from North America and the former Soviet Union. www.masaisrael.org
AVI CHAI concluded its general grant making on December 31, 2019.