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...
Category Holiday Resources
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…
Talking about drinking at Purim
Tradition teaches that we are supposed to drink on Purim until we cannot tell the difference between Mordechai and Haman — which is not such great messaging for teens....
Sparking Resistance: Women Risk-Takers In Those Days and These
When we come to Hanukkah with a gender lens we enable ourselves to see more of the holiday’s complexity and richness....
Passover, #MeToo, and a Mirror on Your Seder Plate
This year, to address the #metoo movement and our societal need for deep reckoning around gender, sexuality, and power, it is time to take a step further. I propose that we do so by adding mirrors to...
Teens, Purim, and #metoo
This year, given the #metoo movement we should talk with kids of all genders about the powerful actions of Vashti and Esther, different as they are on the surface....
A Hanukkah Meditation
Bringing Light to the Darkness Let us stand together as we light the candles this Hanukkah, connecting to each other and to the Jewish tradition of recovering the light and what is holy from the darkn…
We All Make The Seder
The practice in many families is for one person, often a male head of household, to lead the seder. This year, we are thinking about leadership differently than in past traditions. The story of Passov...