Dobbs v. Jackson Promotional Toolkit
On Sunday, June 11, Moving Traditions will host Dobbs v. Jackson: One Year Later. We invite you to help us spread the word about this free interactive seminar run by teens, for teens, to mark the anni…
If some synagogue schools are sinking ships, we’re coming with lifeboats
By Shuli Karkowsky & Pamely Barkley for eJewishPhilanthropy
We know from studies of teen mental health that teens need meaningful education more than ever as a way to connect to themselves, to pe...
Stand With Transgender Teens: Discussion Guide
We invite you to read and share this article published in the Philadelphia Jewish Exponent on April 26, 2023. You can use it as a jumping off point with your teens for discussion. Ask them: Stand With…
Straight for Equality: May is National Jewish Heritage Month
When discussing the intersection of religion and LGBTQ+ identity, Judaism is generally perceived to be among the more welcoming and affirming faith traditions in the US. There are countless organizati...
The Science and Power of Spirituality: Promotional Toolkit
On Monday, May 22, Moving Traditions will host The Science and Power of Spirituality for Teen Mental Health. We invite you to help us spread the word about this free webinar geared toward parents and …
Mental Health Awareness Month Resources
Resource topics: At Moving Traditions, we seek to enhance teens’ sense of connection—to themselves, to their peers, to mentor adults, and to their Jewish community—as the same studies that ident…
Chai Benefit 2023
At our 2023 Chai Benefit, we celebrated 18 years of impact on Jewish youth and honored the incredible Tami Astorino for all the ways she's helped Moving Traditions grow since the beginning....
Stand With Transgender Teens
By Kerrick Goodman-Lucker
Philadelphia Jewish Exponent
This year for Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31, some of us felt a little too visible.
It felt like all eyes are on our trans an...
The life-changing magic of washing your hands (on Passover)
By Rabbi Daniel Brenner for Jewish Telegraphic Agency
(JTA) — At the height of the pandemic, I remember maddeningly washing, scrubbing and antibacterial-spritzing my hands in a bathroom along ...
Teen Leadership Opportunities Promotional Toolkit
On March 28, Moving Traditions launched applications for the 2023-24 cohorts of two teen leadership opportunities: the Meyer-Gottesman Kol Koleinu Teen Feminist Fellowship and Kumi: An Anti-Oppression…