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…
Category Holiday Resources
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....
A Meditation for Educators for Passover
by Jen Anolik I invite you all to close your eyes if you’re comfortable. Take a deep breath in through your nose and out through your mouth. Give your mind permission to think whatever it wants to …
#SederStory
Telling the story at #Passover of the Israelites’ liberation from slavery has inspired generations to work for a better world. This Passover, in this challenging time, we invite you to download our ...
Passover and the “Multi-Generational Self”
So much about Passover is likely to be different this year for most of us—and yet, this fundamental idea will be exactly the same. We are commanded to tell our children and to remind ourselves of wh...
This Passover, Share Your Story and Inspire Resilience
Youth who know more family stories—including about overcoming challenges—show higher well-being, with higher self-esteem, academic and social competence, and fewer behavior problems....
Antisemitism Resource Guide
A timely resource to help Jewish youth look at the roots of antisemitism, explore their feelings, and think through how they might respond....
Healthy Debate: How This Night Can Be Different
Moving Traditions believes that when we come together face-to-face to honestly explore challenging issues, we bring meaning and joy to our lives. This is the beauty of our programs, from b’nai mitzv…