A Conversation with Emeri Handler
Emeri Handler is a Wexner Heritage Fellow. She serves on the boards of the JCC and Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School, and the board emeritus for TheatreWorks in Palo Alto....
A Conversation with Alisa Robbins Doctoroff
"I feel that Judaism holds tremendous value for people. It is a very rich, rewarding, stimulating, interesting, and spiritually-engaging source for me. My goal is to try to find ways to open up Jewi...
A Conversation with Sally Gottesman
Sally Gottesman is the Founding Chair of Moving Traditions. As founder and President of the eleemosynary group, she is an independent consultant to non-profit organizations based in New York City. Got...
Bar Mitzvah, and Then What?
By H. Glenn Rosenkrantz, for The Covenant Foundation, September 3, 2012
For the nearly 900 families belonging to Congregation Beth El in Voorhees, New Jersey, programming to engag...
Moving Traditions National Training Conferences 2013
2012 National Training Seminar
110 educators from across the United States gathered in Philadelphia for three days of intense learning with the Moving Traditions training team. 70 women were trained to lead Rosh Hodesh: It's a ...
Insights on Gender and Teens
Do Parents Influence Teen Behavior?
The conventional wisdom around teens is that as they distance themselves from parents, their peers become their primary influence. But a closer look at research on...
Sample post
Welcome to image alignment! The best way to demonstrate the ebb and flow of the various image positioning options is to nestle them snuggly among an ocean of words. Grab a paddle and let’s get s…
Engaging Jewish Teenage Boys: A Call to Action
Engaging Jewish Teenage Boys: A Call to Action We now have the tools to reverse the loss of Jewish boys after bar mitzvah. Moving Traditions’ comprehensive report, Engaging Jewish Teenage Boys: …
Family Matters: Where the Boys Are
By Rahel Musleah, Hadassah Magazine, October, 2012
Robert Riemer, 16, went reluctantly to the first meeting of Shevet Achim: The Brotherhood at his synagogue. The prog...