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....
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Reflection 2020: A Moving Traditions Election Toolkit for Teens
Moving Traditions has created this toolkit with 
Talking About the New Gillette Advertisement with Teens
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....
Turning Jewish Boys Into Mensches
By Marjorie Ingall, Tablet, February 1, 2019
The news abounds with stories of young white men behaving abominably...Men exploding in social media fury at a razor commercial (The Women’s March, Antisemitism & Intersectional Jewish Women
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 con...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....
Guidance for Jewish educators and parents: Helping teens in the wake of Pittsburgh
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 …
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...
Are Jewish Men Pigs?
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 fam...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....