News, information, and opinion on issues of gender and Jewish life
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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To educate about body image and inspire self love.
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We are now offering our responsive curriculum and sample curriculum free of charge.
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Responsive curriculum sample on how to process the murder of George Floyd and the protests and riots that followed.
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Let us teach our youth to recognize that the world rests on “justice, on truth and on peace” (Pirkei Avot 1:17). May we cease standing on the blood of our neighbors (Leviticus 19:16), instead doing all we can to stop the ceaseless killing of Black and Brown people in our country. May we hold to a vision of hope and press our society to truly repent and make teshuva for the sins of racism.
Continue Reading →Straightforward tricks for how to turn in-person curriculum into web-based learning, so partners can continue providing Jewish preteens and teens with their B’nai Mitzvah, Rosh Hodesh, Shevet and Tzelem sessions, as well as other programming.
Continue Reading →Learn how to annotate, use the chat functions and breakout rooms.
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Excerpt from our responsive curriculum. This session helps participants reflect on how their minds and bodies are responding to the prolonged stress and uncertainty of the pandemic. They will explore the ritual of Havdallah to help them accept this temporary and not-normal time, and to look ahead to the future.
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