Category Insights

Insights, Training

Inspiring the Next Generation: Barbra Berley-Mellits

Barbra Berley-Mellits helped create Moving Traditions’ program, Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girl Thing!

It was our dream that the girls would be empowered to become contributing leade...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
May 16, 2014

Evaluation, Insights

Are Investments in Experiential Jewish Education for Teens Worthwhile?

Is it possible to have successful, ongoing Jewish engagement experiences that also enrich the participant’s Jewish education?...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
April 23, 2014

Evaluation, Insights, Research

Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girl Thing! Evaluation

The multi-year study determined that, through Rosh Hodesh, Moving Traditions is helping Jewish institutions engage more effectively with teenage girls and helping them grow into confident young women ...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
April 10, 2014

Holiday Resources, Insights, Passover

Miriam and Elijah – Two Cups for Your Seder

Moving Traditions encourages you to add a Miriam’s cup to your seder table alongside that of Elijah....

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
April 10, 2014

Insights

Should Parents Insist That Their Teens Partake In Jewish Life?

What is the balance between giving teens individual control over their non-academic time commitments versus setting requirements, particularly around Jewish activities?...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
March 18, 2014

Insights, Press Releases

Reflections on Bat Mitzvah Comes of Age by Hannah Elbaum

Hannah Elbaum is a junior at Newton South High School. She is an active participant in the North American Federation of Temple Youth-Northeast region, a Diller Teen Fellow from the Boston cohort of 20…

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
March 7, 2014

Holiday Resources, Insights, Purim

Beauty: From the Scroll to the App

During the Hebrew month of Adar, Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girl Thing! groups wrestle with questions about the standards of beauty they experience in American culture, meeting the biblical hero...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
January 30, 2014

Insights, Profiles

Group Leader Spotlight: David Lieberman

David Lieberman talks about the very real challenges the teen boys grapple with in his Shevet Achim groups....

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
November 26, 2013

Insights

Challenges for Teens in a Sexualized Environment

While you may not have learned about it in Hebrew School, Jewish tradition has a positive view of sexuality. Unfortunately, teen girls and boys are growing up in a highly sexualized environment wher...