Slingshot 2014-15
We are delighted to announce that Moving Traditions has been selected for the 10th annual Slingshot Guide to Jewish Innovation. Slingshot Guide Moving Traditions has been included in the Slingshot Gu…
Welcome Melanie Gruenwald
Moving Traditions First Full-time Colorado Director Melanie has extensive experience in informal Jewish education. From working on college campuses and at the international level for Hillel: The F…
#intentions5775
In September of 2014, as the High Holidays approached, we at Moving Traditions began thinking about our intentions for the coming Jewish year. What we’re working on as an organization, and as people…
Video Orientation for Shevet Achim Training Boston 2014
Rabbi Daniel Brenner, Chief of Education and Program for Moving Traditions, provides a brief orientation to the Shevet Achim: The Broterhood National Training in Boston, MA....
Welcome Beth Tigay
Beth Tigay, Moving Traditions' new California director, has extensive experience in adolescent education in both secular and Jewish contexts....
Beauty Clips
Thanks again to those of you who helped Moving Traditions test our new Training module on Beauty and Self-Image for Jewish educators who will be leading Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girl Thing! groups in 201…
Testing a model for teenage empowerment
By Johanna Ginsberg, New Jersey Jewish News, July 2, 2014
Vered Idan, 23, has fond memories of the young women’s empowerment group she joined in middle school. Led by Rabbi Pa...
Training Teaser: Using College Humor to Address Judaism and Gender
One of the highlights of the Shevet Achim training is the opportunity to peek into the vast world of YouTube comedy videos that middle and high school boys are consuming and to reflect on the...
Getting Real with Teens
How are online interactions impinging the development of healthy teen relationships?
What role can mentors play in fostering a teen culture that rises above snap judgments and instant gratification?
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Inspiring the Next Generation: Barbra Berley-Mellits
Barbra Berley-Mellits helped create Moving Traditions’ program, Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girl Thing!
It was our dream that the girls would be empowered to become contributing leade...