2015 Articles and Resources for Group Leaders
Articles Below is a list of useful articles and resources for group leaders. Click on the name of the article to read it. “A University Recognizes a Third Gender: Neutral” By Julie Scelfo,…
Chicago Training Conference 2015
41 new mentors for Jewish teens participated in Moving Traditions National Training Conference in Chicago July 19-21, 2015, including 22 Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girl Thing!, 14 Shevet Achim...
Los Angeles Training Conference 2015
50 new mentors for teens participated in Moving Traditions National Training Conference in Los Angeles, August 23-25, 2015. Trainees Included: 30 Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girl Thing! Group Leaders, 15 S...
Philadelphia Training Conference 2015
58 new mentors for teens participated in Moving Traditions National Training Conference in Philadelphia, October 11-13, 2015, including, 35 Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girl Thing! Group Leaders, 19 Shevet A...
Baboons, Bonobos, and Bar Mitzvah Boys
Rabbi Daniel Brenner, chief of education and program for Moving Traditions, recently delivered an ELI Talk at the Jewish Theological Seminary that is essential viewi...
Dealing With Suicide
Dr. Guy Saperstein, PhD is a Clinical Psychologist who consults to individuals and organizations on issues relating to resilience. He has extensive experience dealing with suicidal individuals as well…
Boot Camp
We interviewed Nick Greene, a Shevet Achim group leader at Valley Beth Shalom in Encino, California about one of his recent group meetings incorporating an IDF “basic training” experience. Also, i…
Tackling Male Body Image: An Alternative Approach
Rabbi Ben Zeidman, at Manhattan’s Temple Emanu-El, has been pioneering a unique approach to Shevet that takes advanta...
Arava Power Investing Profits From New Solar Fields In Social Causes
By Sharon Udasin, The Jerusalem Post, January 12, 2015.
Arava Power Company, the firm responsible for Israel’s first commercial solar field, will be investing profits from its s...
Heroines of Hanukkah and Our Own Times
This year, Hanukkah is being linked to important activism around many issues, particularly racial injustice and police violence. As many of us join these struggles, let us also use this holiday to fo…