Goal: For teen boys in Shevet groups to use the Gillette ad as a jumping off point to reflect on how traditional ideas and stereotypes of masculinity affect them and people they know today.

January 15, 2019

Many activist and feminist Jews are wondering whether to participate in the 2019 women’s marches this weekend in light of concerns about antisemitism. It is a complicated conversation. We created and shared this discussion plan with our group leaders to help guide a conversation with the teens in their Moving Traditions groups, Rosh Hodesh, Shevet, and Tzelem.

This discussion provides a rich opportunity for teens to listen to each other and engage in civil discourse on issues about which people have very different thoughts and feeling. It presents teens with a great way to think about activism and our various and overlapping identities —  often referred to as” intersectionality” —  including our concerns about gender, race, sexuality, and antisemitism.

When we come to Hanukkah with a gender lens we enable ourselves to see more of the holiday’s complexity and richness.

We share in the grief and pain being experienced in the Jewish community and beyond from the devastating shooting in Pittsburgh. Moving Traditions and other Jewish educators have a unique opportunity to support teens as they navigate through…

Personal Reflections on the role of Jewish education in the wake of #metoo

…the more I have thought about the Jewish men in the headlines, the more I have been considering the role that family dynamics, religious teachings, communities, and social conditions all play in forming our sexual fantasies, sexual experiences, and sexual ethics.

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.

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 darkness of the…