Teaching & Learning at AVI CHAI

By: Leah N. Meir The AVI CHAI Foundation is committed to Jewish day schools as a vehicle to foster vibrant Jewish engagement in the next generation. To achieve this vision, it is not enough for day schools to simply exist: they need to be excellent, providing a...

Kindling the Light of Motivation and Personal Meaning

In the introduction to our Chanukah series, Flora Yavelberg posed the following: This week we begin the celebration of Hanukkah, Hag Ha-Urim – the Festival of Lights. Light has many associations for us. Light is the first thing created in Genesis 1, the opposite of...

The “Real” Last Mitzvah

By: Dr. Michael S. Berger For many Jewish day schools in the Northern Hemisphere, the concluding Torah portions always coincide with the beginning of the school year.  Sadly, these Biblical chapters get short shrift in day schools, as educators are busy preparing...

How Do You Think About “Jewish” Giving?

This article is cross-posted from the eJewish Philanthropy Blog. by Yossi Prager When Dan Brown, the wizard behind eJewishPhilanthropy, suggested that I write for Rosh Hashana about my view of the many discussions on Jewish versus non-Jewish giving, my first thought...
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