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Moving Traditions Denver Teen Groups Training Conference 2019

Denver Training – Monday, August 5 – Tuesday, August 6, 2019 Teen Mentor Reactions After Training Rosh Hodesh I am excited about the deep connections that teenage girls are going to make w…

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
July 15, 2019

Camps Embrace Training in #MeToo Era

By Eric Schucht, Jewish Exponent, July 12, 2019

Summer camp has always been an opportunity for teens to have an impactful experience during a formative period of their lives. And in ...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
July 12, 2019

Moving Traditions Boston Teen Groups Training Conference 2019

Boston Training: Sunday, July 14-Monday, July 15, 2019 Teen Mentor Reactions After Training Rosh Hodesh I have never felt so integrated – professionally and personally, as an adult Jewish woman …

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
June 21, 2019

Teens, #MeToo, and Summer Camp

Moving Traditions is helping challenge sexism and prevent sexual harassment and assault at camp through our latest initiative, CultureShift. We are drawing on our comprehensive, Jewish sexuality curri...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
June 6, 2019

How Kol Koleinu Gave One Teen a Stronger Sense of Self

I applied to Kol Koleinu with the hopes of turning my limited knowledge of feminism from RBG being a cool woman to a broader understanding of feminism. I quickly achieved these goals through slideshow...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
May 30, 2019

A New Program Offers A Space For Non-Binary Mitzvahs

By Simone Somekh, Forward, April 25, 2019

After coming out, Kollin thought it would have been great if the organization had an LGBTQ-oriented variation of its programming. “They h...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
April 29, 2019

Healthy Debate: How This Night Can Be Different

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Moving Traditions believes that when we come together face-to-face to honestly explore challenging issues, we bring meaning and joy to our lives. This is the beauty of our programs, from b’nai mitzv…

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
April 5, 2019

Moving Traditions 2019 Benefit Honoring Alisa Robbins Doctoroff

On May 15, 2019, Moving Traditions honored Alisa Robbins Doctoroff and celebrated the national launch of our Pathway to Flourishing Jewish Teens at Congregation Rodeph Sholom in New York City. See mo…

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
March 22, 2019

Key Learnings from Moving Traditions Teen Groups, Rosh Hodesh and Shevet

2018 Year End Evaluation Moving Traditions works with Informing Change to evaluate our teen groups on an annual basis to measure our impact and to identify ways to improve our progra...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
March 20, 2019

How a New Model of Family Education Places the Parent-Child Relationship at the Center of the B’nai Mitzvah Experience

By Rabbi Daniel Brenner, eJewish Philanthropy March 18, 2019 Today, as we face a generational “Crisis of Connection,” Jewish educators are beginning to expand the scope of that dialogue to addres...

Sarah Fox
March 18, 2019

Applications are open for our Teen Trips & Fellowships!

By Eric Schucht, Jewish Exponent, July 12, 2019

By Simone Somekh, Forward, April 25, 2019