A Maccabee Moment at Richmond Jewish Day School

by | Nov 30, 2018

Working in a Jewish day school, you are surrounded by modern-day Maccabees whose heroic actions lead to miracles — big and small — all the time. During Chanukah, Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools and AVI CHAI are featuring stories from Jewish day schools of...

Igniting the Flame for Jewish Educators

by | Nov 29, 2018

By: Leah Nadich Meir What are your Hanukkah lighting preferences?  Beeswax candles? Blue and white? Multicolor? Or do you go with olive oil in glass containers? Regardless of your aesthetic preference, you always start off with one candle, lit by one Shamash. Then you...

Thanksgiving – The Power of Noticing

by | Nov 19, 2018

Cross-posted from eJewishPhilanthropy By Michael Berger For those in school, holidays set the rhythm of the year, from the programming and study in the weeks before to the actual vacation days off. Living as they do according to two calendars, Jewish day schools jump...

A Letter from Rabbi Fred Elias: Grateful that Thorns Have Roses

by | Sep 20, 2018

AVI CHAI invests heavily in developing day school leaders, to strengthen their ability to improve the experience of their students. Sometimes that work happens outside the normal school framework, as the case of our guest blogger, Rabbi Fred Elias, middle school...

Rosh HaShana, Back-to-School, and Teacher Super Powers

by | Sep 6, 2018

By: Dr. Susan Kardos As the heat of summer loosens its sticky grip, we naturally turn toward two major events on the calendar: Rosh HaShana and the opening of school. My favorite time of the year. Rosh HaShana is a time, first, for reflection. In our tradition, this...
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