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AVI CHAI Foundation LRP Framework (http://avichai.org) The AVI CHAI Foundation in North America seeks to ensure the continuity of the Jewish people through what we affectionately term LRP: 1. Fostering high levels of Jewish Literacy 2. Deepening Religious Purposefulness 3. Promoting advocacy for Jewish Peoplehood and Israel We believe Jewish commitment – the Foundation’s key mission in North America – depends on these elements, because Judaism derives from a core set of texts and lives in ongoing dialogue with those texts (literacy); because Judaism is lived and experienced in daily practice and interactions guided by those texts (religious purposefulness); and because in the 21st century Jews throughout the world should feel connected as one people with, and feel a responsibility to, our national homeland in the modern State of Israel. AVI CHAI’s goal in North America over our remaining ten sunset years is to advance and sustain LRP education in Jewish day schools and summer camps for the purpose of creating the foundation for an energizing nucleus of youth with the values, commitments, motivation and skills to lead the Jewish People intellectually, spiritually, communally, and politically in the 21st century. 1. Fostering high levels of Jewish Literacy a. Building Jewish Literacy by Providing Content Jewish literacy means familiarity with the basic texts and values of our tradition. Judaism’s distinctiveness and great strength lie in the accumulated wisdom contained in the Torah, from the Bible to the Mishnah and the Talmud, and then through the wide genre of rabbinic and non-rabbinic literature. Much of the literature, ancient and modern, is in Hebrew, and the acquisition of Hebrew language skills is an important part of becoming a fully literate Jew. In promoting Jewish literacy through day schools, AVI CHAI seeks to deepen the relationship Jewish children have with their own Judaism. b. Building Jewish Literacy by Preparing and Supporting Teachers Jewish literacy means familiarity with the basic texts and values of our tradition. Judaism’s distinctiveness and great strength lie in the accumulated wisdom contained in the Torah, from the Bible to the Mishnah and the Talmud, and then through the wide genre of rabbinic and non-rabbinic literature. Much of the literature, ancient and modern, is in Hebrew, and the acquisition of Hebrew language skills is an important part of becoming a fully literate Jew. In promoting Jewish literacy through day schools, AVI CHAI seeks to deepen the relationship Jewish children have with their own Judaism. c. Building Jewish Literacy by Enriching and Developing Leadership Jewish literacy means familiarity with the basic texts and values of our tradition. Judaism’s distinctiveness and great strength lie in the accumulated wisdom contained in the Torah, from the Bible to the Mishnah and the Talmud, and then through the wide genre of rabbinic and non-rabbinic literature. Much of the literature, ancient and modern, is in Hebrew, and the acquisition of Hebrew language skills is an important part of becoming a fully literate Jew. In promoting Jewish literacy through day schools, AVI CHAI seeks to deepen the relationship Jewish children have with their own Judaism. 2. Deepening Religious Purposefulness Jewish day schools serve as centers of religious socialization as well as academic education. While schools are typically academic institutions, AVI CHAI believes that Jewish day school programs should incorporate serious experiential education, since the religious goals of the schools are affective and practice-oriented as well as cognitive. Day schools therefore are encouraged to use techniques developed in experiential education settings to generate physical and spiritual environments that will inspire students to practice Judaism passionately. 3. Promoting Jewish Peoplehood and Israel Judaism is more than a religion; it is a people with a purpose. Jews in our era have been blessed by the realization of a dream expressed over millennia, the return of the Jewish people to Israel. Diaspora Jewry should have a strong connection to each other and to our homeland. Israel studies and Israel advocacy have become centerpieces of AVI CHAI’s peoplehood efforts in North America. All of the day schools receiving support from AVI CHAI have agreed to include in their materials, as an expression of their own philosophy, the following statement: “The creation of the State of Israel is one of the seminal events in Jewish history. Recognizing the significance of the State and its national institutions, we seek to instill in our students an attachment to the State of Israel and its people as well as a sense of responsibility for their welfare.