A Chanukah in Pictures

Over the course of Chanukah, we have asked schools on Instagram to submit photos from school activities that ”illuminate” how their school was “enacting its Jewish mission this Chanukah”. We received photos of school tzedakah drives; plays, singing, and dancing;...

Calling All Schools on Instagram: A Chanukah in Pictures

The AVI CHAI blog seeks to capture trends and ideas emerging from the field of Jewish day school education and its crucial work to instill Jewish engagement and commitment in the next generation. Usually, we communicate those ideas primarily in prose format. Yet, in...

Tu B’Shvat Is Here: Resources for Educators and Parents

 By: Deborah Fishman Today’s holiday of Tu B’Shvat is the New Year of the Trees. It is also a terrific opportunity to teach children about caring for Israel and for the earth – all while enjoying some delicious dried fruit and nut snacks. Here is a roundup of some...

Practices to Ignite Student Jewish Engagement

In our recent Chanukah blog series, we solicited educator responses to the question: “How do you ignite the Jewish sparks of your students?” We wanted to share some of the responses we received: Chanukah Music Video, “I’m a Jew”...
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