Blog - Moving Traditions

Denver Moving Traditions Rosh Hodesh Information Session

Please join other 8th and 9th grade Denver-based prospective teen participants and their parents on November 7, 2021 to learn more about Moving Traditions' Rosh Hodesh group for self-identifying girls...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
August 5, 2021

Community Briefs: New Gratz Partnership, Teen Fellow Named, More

By Andy Gotlieb, Jewish Exponent July 26, 2021 Moving Traditions, a locally based organization that “emboldens youth by fostering self-discovery, challenging sexism and inspiring a commitment to Je...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
July 26, 2021

Partner Spotlight: Bethany Leinweber

Bethany Leinweber is the Director of Youth Education, Outreach & Engagement at Temple Sinai in Sarasota, FL. She has been with Temple Sinai since 2006 first founding the Gan Preschool Program and even...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
July 12, 2021

To help teens navigate antisemitism, we must teach compassionate disagreement

By Jennifer Anolik, eJewish Philanthropy So, how can we as Jewish educators and adults—who may be overwhelmed ourselves—help teens in this moment? One important element in a supportive and compass...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
July 7, 2021

Zoom-Mitzvah 101: A Guide

By Sarah M. Seltzer, Lilith Magazine April 26, 2021 If you’re one of the many Jewish parents, clergy, or educators trying to reimagine bar or bat mitzvah celebration on a screen, Moving Tradition...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
May 27, 2021

New guide offers tips for ‘Zoom mitzvahs’

By Amanda Koehn, Lifestyles Magazine Editor, Cleveland Jewish News May 26, 2021 Moving Traditions, an organization to inspire Jewish youth toward self-discovery and learning, early this year released...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
May 27, 2021

Moving Traditions Founder and CEO to Step Down Next Year

By Andy Gotlieb, Jewish Exponent May 20, 2021 Moving Traditions co-founder and CEO Deborah Meyer announced that she is stepping down at the end of March 2022. “Together, for more than two decades,...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
May 20, 2021

Poems for Reflecting on the Israeli Palestinian Conflict

Choose one or more of the following poems to read or listen to together and discuss. As you will see these poems are intended to make space for emotions and empathy, not to spur a political discu…

Sarah Fox
May 14, 2021

Navigating Life: Helping teens build resilience, challenge assumptions, and develop healthy relationships

Join Moving Traditions on May 13 as we explore ways in which we can help teens become more resilient by thinking critically about the cultural messages they receive and by developing strong, healthy f...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
April 26, 2021

Camp Training 2021

Moving Traditions held an online train-the-trainer institute on May 20, 2021 for senior camp professionals and their supervisory team....

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
April 22, 2021