Prompting Discussion on Yom Ha’atzmaut

By Rabbi Tamara Cohen, Chief of Program Strategy For many Jews in North America this year, it is particularly important, poignant, and/or challenging to mark Israeli Independence Day, Yom Ha’atzmaut…

Holding Two Truths This Yom Ha’atzmaut

By Pamela Barkley, Chief Growth Officer “Once you hit Purim, the school year is basically over!” That’s what one of my teachers used to say to me when I was Director of Education at a suburban r…

You Should Know: Matthew Freedman

By Ellen Braunstein for Jewish Exponent | To that end, he procured a 35-session curriculum called Kulam (everyone in Hebrew) that teaches mental, emotional, social and spiritual health. Counselors ...

Reflecting on Yom Hashoah

Today is Yom Hashoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day. Many of us are watching with trepidation the rise in antisemitism, reports from college campuses that protestors are telling Jews to “go back to Pol...

Promotional Toolkit: Decoding Distress

On Tuesday, May 21, Moving Traditions will host Decoding Distress: Jewish Parenting for Teen Mental Health. We invite you to help us spread the word about this webinar geared toward parents and educat…

Hadassah Foundation: Mission Critical

Hadassah Magazine | For example, Moving Traditions, a longtime American grantee, used its expertise around the teen mental health crisis to address youth anxiety over rising antisemitism and the war i...