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Insights

What Jewish texts do we turn to after a tragedy?

There are many Jewish sources that provide a sense of healing and peace. Yet, after a violent act by a human being that erases the life of another human being, it is our ethical literature that clarif…

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
April 16, 2013

Insights, Profiles

Group Leader Spotlight: Deborah Sacks

I’m working with a group of seventh graders. As Brooklyn girls, they are, I believe, forced into a more adult world than the average seventh grader. They have more independence and more autonomy. As...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
April 3, 2013

Holiday Resources, Insights, Passover

Reeds on the Seder Table: A Moving Traditions Passover Exploration

Three Insights from the Tale of a Young Egyptian Woman This Passover, we suggest adding the story of a courageous woman to round out your seder – that of Bat Paro, the daughter of Pharaoh. Adding r...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
March 19, 2013

In The News, Insights, Research

Jim Joseph Report: Effective Strategies for Educating and Engaging Jewish Teens

Moving Tradition’s Rosh Hodesh: It’s A Girl Thing! and Shevet Achim: The Brotherhood utilize three modes of learning—sensory, cognitive and emotive—during eac...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
March 15, 2013

Holiday Resources, Insights, Passover

We Won’t Get Fooled Again: Helping Teens Identify Pharaoh

A boy is tricked into being part of a game with other boys only to find out that he is the target of mockery and abuse. A girl is happy to be included as a “friend” at a lunch table until she find...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
March 13, 2013

Holiday Resources, Insights, Purim

Beauty Queens, Masks and Jewish Teens

Every year at Purim, we tell the tale of a Jewish teenage girl who ascends to the throne of the Persian Empire by pretending not to be Jewish. This year, Rabbi Sara Brandes looks at Megillat Esther (...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
February 12, 2013

Insights, Profiles

How To Start A Group

When Margie Patlak heard about Moving Traditions’ Rosh Hodesh program several years ago, she decided to start a group for her daughter, Eva Chudnow, and her friends. Margie wanted to help ...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
November 25, 2012

Insights

Insights on Pornography, Sexual Consent and the Lives of Jewish Teens

An Interview with Dr. Shira Tarrant, Associate Professor in the Department of Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies at California State University, Long Beach is a nationally recognized expert o...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
November 15, 2012

Insights

We Condemn Anat Hoffman’s Arrest for Praying

This week as hundreds of Rosh Hodesh: It's A Girl Thing! groups gathered in the United States to celebrate the new month, we at Moving Traditions were upset to learn that our supporter, Ana...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
October 19, 2012

Insights

Coming of Age

Coming of age is not easy, even for the most socially well-adjusted teen. Compounding the difficulties, there are profound differences in the ways that girls and boys are judged by their peers and me...

movingtradition
October 18, 2012