Blog - Moving Traditions

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....

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
July 18, 2014

Welcome Beth Tigay

Beth Tigay, Moving Traditions' new California director, has extensive experience in adolescent education in both secular and Jewish contexts....

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
July 10, 2014

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…

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
July 2, 2014

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...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
July 2, 2014

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...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
June 6, 2014

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? ...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
May 20, 2014

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...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
May 16, 2014

Meet The Trainer: Shevet Achim: The Brotherhood’s David Lieberman

David Lieberman, a documentary film editor, spent most of this past year in a film studio in the DUMBO section of Brooklyn working on his latest full-length feature, We Could Be King. Airing now on ...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
May 8, 2014

Moving Traditions Launches National Evaluation of Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girl Thing!

How Does Experiential Jewish Education Impact Girls and Young Women? Now that 14,000 middle and high school girls have participated over 12 years in its experiential education program, Rosh Hode...