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...
Category Insights
Insights on Gender and Teens
Do Parents Influence Teen Behavior?
The conventional wisdom around teens is that as they distance themselves from parents, their peers become their primary influence. But a closer look at research on...
Engaging Jewish Teenage Boys: A Call to Action
Engaging Jewish Teenage Boys: A Call to Action We now have the tools to reverse the loss of Jewish boys after bar mitzvah. Moving Traditions’ comprehensive report, Engaging Jewish Teenage Boys: …
Is Drake’s ‘Re-Bar Mitzvah’ Video a Mockery of Judaism?
Rabbi Daniel Brenner writes in the Huffington ...
Program Evaluation
Moving Traditions contracted in 2007 with independent evaluator, Dr. Mirele Goldsmith, to assess the impact of Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girl Thing! on a sample of teen girls (397 girls) who we...