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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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…
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...
Camp Training 2021
Moving Traditions held an online train-the-trainer institute on May 20, 2021 for senior camp professionals and their supervisory team....
Can We Hug Now? Returning to Touch in Jewish Spaces
By Rabbi Daniel Brenner, eJewish Philanthropy
How will a year plus of touch depravation change the way adolescents and young adults interact in large groups of their peers? What are the possible dan...
Acknowledging and Releasing the Burdens: An Old/ New Ritual for Breaking the Middle Matzah
Our 2021 seder resource offers you—and others around your table or online—the opportunity to consider the weight of the challenges you have been carrying over the past year, and the burdens should...