Shavuot Text Study: We All Stood Together
On this Shavuot, we invite you and the teens in your life to take some time to read and discuss an iconic Jewish feminist poem by Merle Feld. This poem is one that we use both with our Meyer-Gottesman…
Mental health is an issue in post-October 7 world
New Jersey Jewish News | Foundation awards $1.7 million to 16 groups, with focus on Jewish teens
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Decoding Distress: Jewish Parenting for Teen Mental Health Resources
On May 21, Moving Traditions hosted a webinar, Decoding Distress: Jewish Parenting for Teen Mental Health, for parents and educators of Jewish teens. Thank you to our panel of speakers, including: Mov…
ShalomLearning and Moving Traditions Partner on B-Mitzvah Family Education
May 15, 2024 – ShalomLearning and Moving Traditions are now working together to enable synagogues to offer deeper support of Jewish pre-teens, teens, and their families. ShalomLearning provide…
MetroWest Teacher Assistant Training Program
Thanks to the generous support of the Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey, Moving Traditions is providing an intensive version of our Teen Teaching Assistant training program to 30+ teens in MetroWest...
Prompting Discussion on Yom Ha’atzmaut
By Rabbi Tamara Cohen, Chief of Program Strategy For many Jews in North America this year, it is particularly important, poignant, and/or challenging to mark Israeli Independence Day, Yom Ha’atzmaut…
Holding Two Truths This Yom Ha’atzmaut
By Pamela Barkley, Chief Growth Officer “Once you hit Purim, the school year is basically over!” That’s what one of my teachers used to say to me when I was Director of Education at a suburban r…
You Should Know: Matthew Freedman
By Ellen Braunstein for Jewish Exponent
| To that end, he procured a 35-session curriculum called Kulam (everyone in Hebrew) that teaches mental, emotional, social and spiritual health.
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Reflecting on Yom Hashoah
Today is Yom Hashoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day. Many of us are watching with trepidation the rise in antisemitism, reports from college campuses that protestors are telling Jews to “go back to Pol...
Promotional Toolkit: Decoding Distress
On Tuesday, May 21, Moving Traditions will host Decoding Distress: Jewish Parenting for Teen Mental Health. We invite you to help us spread the word about this webinar geared toward parents and educat…