Blog - Moving Traditions

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

Talking about drinking at Purim

Tradition teaches that we are supposed to drink on Purim until we cannot tell the difference between Mordechai and Haman — which is not such great messaging for teens....

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
March 9, 2019

Reflection 2020: A Moving Traditions Election Toolkit for Teens

Moving Traditions has created this toolkit with

Paige Florin
February 28, 2019

Talking About the New Gillette Advertisement with Teens

Goal: For teen boys in Shevet groups to use the Gillette ad as a jumping off point to reflect on how traditional ideas and stereotypes of masculinity affect them and people they know today....

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
February 13, 2019

Turning Jewish Boys Into Mensches

By Marjorie Ingall, Tablet, February 1, 2019

The news abounds with stories of young white men behaving abominably...Men exploding in social media fury at a razor commercial (
Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
February 1, 2019

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