AVI CHAI Board of Trustees

Mem Dryan Bernstein – venture philanthropist – is the Chairman of The AVI CHAI Foundation, a leader in Jewish education; and a trustee of both Keren Keshet – The Rainbow Foundation, whose signature project, Nextbook, promotes Jewish literature, culture, and ideas through the Jewish Encounters books series, and its website, www.tabletmag.com; and The Tikvah Fund, which supports programs and projects that educate Jewish intellectual, political, and religious leaders in Israel and the Diaspora. 

Meir Buzaglo is a lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the Hebrew University. He received a B.S. in Mathematics, Physics and Philosophy of Science (“Cum Laude”), an M.S. in Mathematics (“Cum Laude”), and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the Hebrew University. He has written three books: The Logic of Concept Expansion (Cambridge University Press, 2002); Solomon Maimon: Monism, Skepticism and Mathematics (Pittsburgh University Press, 2002); Until the Day Prevails (Reuven Mass, 2007); and A Language for the Faithful (Mandel-Keter Press, 2009).

Avital Darmon was born in Jerusalem and lives in Kfar Adumim. She holds a doctorate in biology (1985) and a teaching certificate (1988) from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. From 2004 to 2017 she was the founding director of the Initiative for Applied Education Research, a unit of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The Initiative is responsible for the educational consulting services that the Academy provides to the Government of Israel and various authorities. Dr.

Mr. Feld was named a Senior Managing Director of Bernstein’s private client business in 2000.

In 1999, Mr. Feld founded Bernstein’s Wealth Management Group, which specializes in the complex issues facing high-net-worth private clients. Mr. Feld joined Bernstein in 1987 as a financial advisor, was appointed vice president in 1989, and was named a managing director in 1992. Mr. Feld earned a BA from Queens College and an MBA from New York University. He is a CPA and a member of the Personal Financial Planning division of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Ruth R. Wisse has been Martin Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard University since 1993. Before that she taught at McGill University where she helped to found the Jewish Studies Department. She was President of the Association for Jewish Studies, 1985-88. She has also taught at Stanford University, New York University, Tel Aviv University, the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and the Max Weinreich Center of YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.