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 established in 1984 by Zalman Bernstein, a prominent financier and founder of Sanford Bernstein. Zalman Bernstein, who became a Modern Orthodox reconvert (one who returns to Orthodox observance), aimed to promote the cause of outreach to disaffected and assimilated Jews globally.