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....
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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...
Personal Reflections on the role of Jewish education in the wake of #metoo
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....
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…
Resources: Dealing with Difficult Times
A Letter to Shevet Group Leaders: How Do We Talk to Teen Boys About Men Behaving Badly? A Letter to Rosh Hodesh Group Leaders: Talking to Girls About Living in a World Where Sexual Harassment Isn̵…
Resources to Address Sexuality Issues Raised by 13 Reasons Why
Introduction People inside and outside of the Jewish education world are talking about the new Netflix show, 13 Reasons Why, mostly focusing on how the intense story and attractive characters glamoriz…
Spotlight: Rafi Daugherty, Trans and Nonbinary Program Group Leader
Rafi Daugherty is an out-and-proud queer, Jewish, transgender man who lives in Denver with his toddler and their two pets (a dog and a cat). Rafi’s work history is colorful and varied, including…
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...