The Avi Chai Foundation is a private foundation endowed in 1984 by Zalman Bernstein, a well-known successful investor and founder of Sanford Bernstein. Zalman Bernstein became a Modern Orthodox Baal teshuva (a returnee to Orthodox observance) who wished to further the cause of outreach to alienated and assimilated Jews worldwide.
The Avi Chai Foundation is a private foundation founded in 1984 by Zalman Bernstein, a renowned investor and Sanford Bernstein's founder. As a Modern Orthodox reconvert, Bernstein sought to expand the reach of his organization to engage disconnected and assimilated Jewish communities worldwide.