Planting and Replanting for Change
A Tu B’Shvat Ritual for Teens and the adults in their lives This year, Tu B’Shvat, the New Year of the trees begins at sundown on Sunday, February 5, 2023 and ends at nightfall on Monday, Februa…
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Hanukkah 2022
Talking with your teens is a gift. As our gift to you this Hanukkah, please enjoy these discussion starters and resources from Moving Traditions’ past year of programming. May the gift of conversati…
Rosh Hashanah Meditation
As you prepare to welcome in the New Year, to listen once again to the ancient sounds of the shofar, you might want to find a few moments of quiet. In the month of Elul, before the new moon appears, w...
Never Again? Reflecting on the War in Ukraine this Passover
Many teens have watched the war in Ukraine unfold on social media—on Instagram, TikTok, and Reddit. They have seen remnants of razed buildings, Ukrainian refugees crowding onto trains, men hugging t...
Yerushah: A Reimagined Passover Haggadah
Yerushah (“inheritance” in Hebrew), is a reimagined Passover Haggadah created by Julia White, a 2021-2022 Meyer-Gottesman Kol Koleinu Teen Feminist Fellowship. Download the sneak peek resources be...
Never Again? This Passover Share Thoughts on the War in Ukraine
Moving Traditions invites you to use our new 2022 Passover Seder supplement to explore the power of narratives this year by asking the following questions at your Seder, making sure that young people ...
Shine Bright – A Hanukkah Ritual
When Shabbat and Hanukkah coincide on December 3 this year, we have the opportunity to light candles for both holidays and take a moment to bless our children, a Shabbat tradition. We offer you an upd…
Circle Ahead – A Rosh Hashanah Ritual
By Alisha Pedowitz, California Director On Rosh Hashanah, we circle around to the new year. This year, we are still emerging from the pandemic, figuring out what to return to, what to leave behind, an…
Acknowledging and Releasing the Burdens: An Old/ New Ritual for Breaking the Middle Matzah
Our 2021 seder resource offers you—and others around your table or online—the opportunity to consider the weight of the challenges you have been carrying over the past year, and the burdens should...
Thanksgiving Discussion Guide
Introducing Moving Traditions’ Thanksgiving Discussion Guide. The guide prompts you to consider your values and hopes for society....