AVI CHAI funds a pilot project of the Lookstein Center at Bar-Ilan University of video conferencing to provide remote teachers for smaller Jewish communities in North America that have trouble recruiting effective local Jewish studies teachers. Each Israel-based teacher teaches one classroom at a time; an adult responsible for classroom management hosts the class locally. Nine to twelve middle and high school classes have been involved each year since 2006, and we have plans to further expand the program over the next several years.
AVI CHAI concluded its general grant making on December 31, 2019.