Blog - Moving Traditions

Moving Traditions Benefit 2019 Honoring Alisa Doctoroff

Please join Moving Traditions in honoring Alisa Robbins Doctoroff and celebrating the national launch of our Pathway to Flourishing Jewish Teens. Wednesday, May 15, 2019/10 Iyar 5779 Congregation Rode…

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
January 30, 2019

The Women’s March, Antisemitism & Intersectional Jewish Women

January 15, 2019

Many activist and feminist Jews are wondering whether to participate in the 2019 women's marches this weekend in light of concerns about antisemitism. It is a complicated con...

Jennifer Anolik
January 11, 2019

Episode 5 – Party Hearty

In this episode, host Sara Ivry explores the pressures on parents and pre-teens to navigate the cele...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
December 5, 2018

Jewish Groups Take On Masculinity, Consent Education

Once a week, Isaac Santelli makes his way to a public school on Chicago’s South Side, where he volunteers teaching high school students about some of the most freighted words imaginable for young pe...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
December 5, 2018

Sparking Resistance: Women Risk-Takers In Those Days and These

When we come to Hanukkah with a gender lens we enable ourselves to see more of the holiday’s complexity and richness....

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
November 30, 2018

Today I’m an Adult . . . Okay, Really, A Teen

7 COLORADO JEWISH INSTITUTIONS USE NEW B’NAI MITZVAH PROGRAM TO ADD CONTEMPORARY MEANING TO ANCIENT COMING OF AGE RITUAL Jenkintown, PA–(November 15, 2018)—Seven Colorado Jewish organizati…

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
November 16, 2018

Annual Report 2018 – 2019

Jewish Teens and #metoo Safety, Respect & Consent Responding to #metoo and its backlash, Moving Traditions is leading a cultural shift to break patterns and ensure the next generation does not rep…

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
November 16, 2018

Episode 4 – A Moment of Blessing

In this episode, host Sara Ivry examines the spiritual side of the b'nai mitzvah process. Listen in as Sara explores both the moments of blessing that occur in the ceremony and around it - and the une...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
November 7, 2018

Webinar: Thinking Differently about B’nai Mitzvah

Join us online! Wednesday, November 17, 2018 9:00 p.m. EST Parents, please join us for a conversation about the @13 podcast Moving Traditions and PJ Our Way, the latest chapter of PJ Library, invite t…

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
October 30, 2018

Thinking Differently About B’nai Mitzvah

By Rabbi Daniel Brenner, eJewishPhilanthropy, October 30, 2018

In the wake of #metoo, many families are questioning the practice of hiring young women to fawn over thirteen-year-old ...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
October 30, 2018