Ohr Avner Foundation

Ohr Avner Foundation
Named afterRabbi Avner Leviev
Formation1992; 32 years ago (1992)
FounderLev Leviev
PurposeSupport Jewish educational institutions
Location
Region
Former Soviet Union
MethodsPhilanthropy, education, training
Director
Rabbi David Mondshine
Key people
Rabbi Yehoshua Mondshine

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.