1.0Jewish Telegraphic Agencyhttps://www.jta.orgadminhttps://www.jta.org/author/adminrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="VsoP9OQPwy"><a href="https://www.jta.org/2009/04/08/united-states/avi-chai-announces-its-genius-grants-but-is-there-overlap-among-the-fellows">Avi Chai announces its genius grants — but is there overlap among the fellows?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.jta.org/2009/04/08/united-states/avi-chai-announces-its-genius-grants-but-is-there-overlap-among-the-fellows/embed#?secret=VsoP9OQPwy" width="600" height="338" title="“Avi Chai announces its genius grants — but is there overlap among the fellows?” — Jewish Telegraphic Agency" data-secret="VsoP9OQPwy" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> The Avi Chai Foundation has announced its second round of Avi Chai Fellows, which last year it billed as essentially a Jewish MacArthur grant. The grants, which are for $225,000 over three years, are intended to spur innovation by investing in people as opposed to programming. This year, Avi Chai gave its fellowships to Dr. […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315