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By Rabbi Daniel Brenner, eJewish Philanthropy
How will a year plus of touch depravation change the way adolescents and young adults interact in large groups of their peers? What are the possible dangers, as well as the clear benefits, connected to this return to physical contact and touch?
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 shouldered by so many others who have helped us persevere and arrive at another Passover.
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Introducing Moving Traditions’ Thanksgiving Discussion Guide. The guide prompts you to consider your values and hopes for society.
Continue Reading →Three Questions to Ask Yourself Before Leading Your Group This Weekend For those of you who are leading teens this weekend, here are a few questions to consider with reflections from our education and training team: 1. How…
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As Jewish feminists of many genders, across generations, who are queer and straight, white and of color, today we give each other comfort and stand together as we prepare for a Supreme Court likely to carry out a more conservative agenda.
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Here is an activity you can use with teens to consider the life and legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, z”l. The full session can be found in the Current Events section of our password protected curriculum. If…
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By Danielle Gruber, Kol Koleinu Fellow Personal values play a large role in deciding which issues are meaningful to you as a voter and which decisions you make on election day. The purpose of this workshop is to…
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This Yom Kippur, Moving Traditions is lifting up the voices of three young people who participate in our programs to call our collective attention to the many ways in which our society is broken and in need of repair.
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In this lesson students will start with a silent personal reflection on their understanding of the terms sexual orientation and queer, they will then work in teams on an activity to match terms to definitions. Afterwards, they will share their understanding with the class, and the facilitator will provide correct information, guide, and fill in blanks. Students will then have the opportunity to learn about gender as a fluid concept and begin or continue a journey of self discovery with the help of a guiding handout.
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Meredith Rosenthal a rising senior from North Jersey launched STEM View, a podcast that features professional women in STEM and shares their work, challenges, and experiences.
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