Resources from Rethinking Your College Gameplan
On December 18, Moving Traditions hosted a webinar, Rethinking Your College Gameplan, for parents and educators of Jewish teens. Thank you to our panel of speakers, including: We offer you these resou…
This Hanukkah, Kumi is a Gift
By Rabbi Tamara Cohen, Chief of Programs With Hanukkah approaching, I’ve been thinking about the idea of pirsum ha-nes, “publicizing the miracle,” which is considered central to the ob…
Rethinking Your College Gameplan: Promotional Toolkit
On Monday, Dec. 18, Moving Traditions will host Rethinking Your College Gameplan. We invite you to help us spread the word about this webinar geared toward parents and educators of Jewish youth. Pleas…
Growing Together Through Conflict
Growing Together through Conflict is a short but powerful guide to foster dialogue with the teen in your life that helps you grow together, rather than apart....
Liberal parents, far-left teens: When Jewish families fight over Israel
Rabbi Daniel Brenner for JTA
Most of my friends in Jewish circles are parents of teens or college students. We are liberal, tolerant, open-hearted folks, who jokingly call ourselves “NPR Jews."...
Growing Together Through Change
Moving Traditions 2023 Annual Report
Learn about Moving Traditions, our impact, and how we are changing to meet teen's growing needs....
American Jews are giving mightily to Israel. Is there enough left to go around?
By Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTA
Moving Traditions is a small Jewish organization with an unusual name and a mission that can be hard to describe on one foot. Working through synagogues, Hebrew schoo...
Remarks from 2023 Covenant Award Recipient, Rabbi Tamara Cohen
On November 8, 2023, Moving Traditions’ Chief Program Officer Rabbi Tamara Cohen was honored to receive the 2023 Covenant Award. At the celebration, she delivered these remarks. Hineni, here I a…
Israel at Your Kitchen Table: Resources
On November 2, Moving Traditions hosted a webinar, Israel at Your Kitchen Table: Strategies for Talking with Teens, about how parents and teens can keep talking even as we may find ourselves with very…
Israel at War, Caring for Ourselves and One Another
SPECIAL EDITION CURRICULUM To help our teens to process recent events in Israel, Moving Traditions has released a special edition curriculum for educators, which parents and others with teens in their…