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Named after | Rabbi Avner Leviev |
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Formation | 1992 |
Founder | Lev Leviev |
Purpose | Support Jewish educational institutions |
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Region | Former Soviet Union |
Methods | Philanthropy, education, training |
Director | Rabbi David Mondshine |
Key people | Rabbi Yehoshua Mondshine |
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Ohr Avner Foundation is a philanthropic foundation that was established in 1992 by the Israeli billionaire and émigré from the former Soviet Union, Lev Leviev and is managed by its Director Rabbi David Mondshine (son of Chabad scholar, Rabbi Yehoshua Mondshine). The foundation was named in memory of Lev Leviev's father Rabbi Avner Leviev. It supports a large network of Jewish educational institutions in the former Soviet Union, such as Jewish day schools, kindergartens and youth camps, a resource center and a teachers training institute.