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…
Genderosity: Becky
Becky spent her teenage years attending a Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girl Thing program through her synagogue. Over the years, her group discussed issues from dating and divorce to sex and sexuali...
Annual Report 2014-2015
This year, Moving Traditions is making it possible for thousands of Jewish teens to meet monthly in our programs Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girl Thing! and Shevet Achim: the Brotherhood<...
Why We Need to Talk to Our Jewish Teens About Sexting
Writing sexually explicit messages or sending explicit photos is now part of the “normal” development cycle of teens. Jewish teens in particular, who have smartphones earlier than the average Amer...