85 Jewish educators participated in Moving Traditions National Training Conference in Boston July 28-30, 2013.
Moving Traditions is thrilled to announce its largest East Coast training conference to date. The Boston training followed Moving Traditions’ experiential education model. Through games, creative ritual, video, and conversation, participants learned in small groups how to engage teens and inspire them to apply a gender lens and Jewish values to the challenges they face in middle and high school. Participants also heard from Hallel Abramowitz Silverman, an American born teenager living in Jerusalem who was detained for wearing a tallit at the Western Wall. Hallel praised Moving Traditions’ One Moon, One Wall, One People contest, which will send two teens to Israel to attend Rosh Hodesh services with Women of the Wall, and urged the new group leaders to make certain their teens register for the contest.
Here’s what the trainees had to say:
The word “training” cannot encompass the totality of the experience I encountered with Shevet Achim. I met a community of practice, a family, and a fellowship that reframed my own sense of what it means to be a man and a mensch. — Shevet Achim 2013 trainee
The training was hugely impactful as we had the opportunity to immerse ourselves in the world of adolescent girls. From opening ritual to closing circle, the participants experienced first hand what this program brings to girls and how powerful Rosh Hodesh groups can be. — Rosh Hodesh 2013 trainee
Trainees included:
- 43 Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girl Thing! Group Leaders
- 24 Shevet Achim: The Brotherhood Group Leaders
- 18 Supervisors
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The following institutions sent educators to the Moving Traditions Training Conference in Boston:
- Adath Israel Temple in Merion Station, PA
- Anshe Emet in Chicago, IL
- Beth El Synagogue Center in New Rochelle, NY
- Congregation Beth Elohim in Acton, MA
- Congregation Beth Shalom in Clearwater, FL
- Congregation Beth Shalom-Chevra Shas in Syracuse, NY
- Congregation Habonim in New York, NY
- Congregation Kol Ami in White Plains, NY
- Gateways: Access to Jewish Education in Newton, MA
- Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit inFarmington Hills, MI
- Jewish Family Service of Nashville and Middle Tennessee in Nashville, TN
- Jewish Federation of Howard County in Columbia, MD
- Judaism Your Way in Denver, CO
- Kesher Newton in Newton Center, MA
- Larchmont Temple in Larchmont, NY
- Marcus JCC of Atlanta in Dunwoody, GA
- Nishmah: The St. Louis Jewish Women’s Project, in St. Louis MO
- Old York Road Temple Beth Am in Abington, PA
- Park Avenue Synagogue in New York, NY
- Rosenthall JCC of North Westchester in Pleasantville, NY
- Temple Aliyah in Needham, MA
- Temple Beth Am in Yorktown Heights, NY
- Temple Beth Avodah in Newton Centre, MA
- Temple Beth Elohim in Wellesley, MA
- Temple Beth Tikvah in Roswell, GA
- Temple Beth Torah in Holliston, MA
- Temple Emanuel in Winston Salem, NC
- Temple Emanu-El of the City of New York in New York, NY
- Temple Emunah in Lexington, MA
- Temple Hillel B’nai Torah in West Roxbury, MA
- Temple Israel of Natick in Natick, MA
- Temple Israel of New Rochelle in New Rochelle, NY
- Temple Jeremiah in Northfield, IL
- Temple Judea of Palm Beach Gardens, FL
- Temple Ner Tamid in Bloomfield, NJ
- Temple Shaaray Tefila of Northern Westchester in Bedford Corners, NY
- Temple Shir Tikva in Newton, MA