Urchatz: A Deeper Dive into Handwashing at the Seder
This year, Moving Traditions invites you to slow down while you wash your hands at the start of your seder, and contemplate the depth contained in this underappreciated ritual. Handwashing has t…
The Shalom Center Chapter 9 Project
This Purim, The Shalom Center invited writers, dreamers, and seekers, to reimagine Chapter 9 of the Book of Esther as an exercise in dreaming new worlds, new responses, and new endings into existence....
Finding Joy: A Weekly Jewish Ritual
At a time when it may be hard to find joy, the Hebrew month of Adar is when we are called to increase our happiness, as we build up to the celebration of Purim. What if we could weave a part of the Pu...
Our New CIT Training Program
A new Moving Traditions program for counselors-in-training (CITs) will help guide future staff members through eight essential conversations regarding their role in promoting the wellbeing and emotion...
Teen Changemaker Programs – Promotional Toolkit
Moving Traditions accepting applications until August 23 for the 2024-25 cohorts of two teen changemaker opportunities: the Meyer-Gottesman Kol Koleinu Teen Feminist Fellowship and Kumi: Foundation. P…
What Moving Traditions has learned about teens and Israel
By Shuli Karkowsky for eJewishPhilanthropy | Moving Traditions learned that many teens didn’t feel they had permission to talk about Israel. They felt they weren’t sufficiently informed about the...
Recovering the Lost Sisterhood of Vashti & Esther
A resource for educators This discussion guide invites students to create feminist Midrash by considering: What if Esther and Vashti from the Purim story had met and were in a community together? Read…
Resources to Help Your Teen Navigate Toxic Friendships
On February 21, Moving Traditions hosted From “Mean Girls” to Menschy Teens, a Raising Up Teens Webinar for parents and educators of Jewish teens. We offer you these actionable takeaways and relat…
Exploring the Intersection of Well-Being and Education
CAJE Blog | Rabbi Daniel S. Brenner, Vice President of Education at Moving Traditions and Miami’s Scholar in Residence for the first weekend in February as part of the Greater Miami Jewish Federatio...
Promotional Toolkit: From “Mean Girls” to Menschy Teens
On Wednesday, February 21, Moving Traditions will host From “Mean Girls” to Menschy Teens: Helping Your Teen Navigate Toxic Friendships. We invite you to help us spread the word about this webinar…