Poems for Reflecting on the Israeli Palestinian Conflict
As you support the teens in your life, choose one or more of the following poems to read or listen to together and discuss. As you will see these poems are intended to make space for emotion…
Category Insights
Shaping Our Ecosystem
By Shuli Karkowsky, CEO of Moving Traditions As we approach the High Holidays, I am honored to share Moving Traditions’ latest resource, Reflect & Repair, which offers a series of self-reflectio…
State of the Union – Summer 2023
By Shuli Karkowsky, Moving Traditions CEO Even on the muggiest, hottest, most humid days, I love summer. I think I never left behind the part of my childhood self that associates summer with escape, n…
How Jewish educators can address the youth mental health crisis
Rabbi Daniel Brenner for EJewishPhilanthropy
“How might the ways that we teach Jewish text, ritual practice and ethics better support teens’ overall well-being?”
There is compelling evidence ...
Summer Reading List
Check out our summer reading list, full of recommendations for parents and educators of Jewish youth, books by our recent event speakers, and what we’re reading at Moving Traditions. Timely…
Stand With Transgender Teens
By Kerrick Goodman-Lucker
Philadelphia Jewish Exponent
This year for Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31, some of us felt a little too visible. It felt like all eyes are on our trans an...
Philadelphia Jewish Exponent
This year for Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31, some of us felt a little too visible. It felt like all eyes are on our trans an...
The life-changing magic of washing your hands (on Passover)
By Rabbi Daniel Brenner for Jewish Telegraphic Agency
(JTA) — At the height of the pandemic, I remember maddeningly washing, scrubbing and antibacterial-spritzing my hands in a bathroom along ...
(JTA) — At the height of the pandemic, I remember maddeningly washing, scrubbing and antibacterial-spritzing my hands in a bathroom along ...
Teen Leadership Opportunities
We are excited to announce two 2023-24 leadership opportunities for Jewish teens now accepting applications: Both programs are for Jewish teens in 10th-12th grade who are interested in social action t…
The Same, Yet Different at Passover
I love how the calendar of Jewish holidays lends structure to my year. Passover epitomizes this more than any other holiday – replete with strong childhood memories; ritual before, during, and after...
Covenant Foundation Grants: Kulam
How does the Kulam program differ from other Moving Traditions B-Mitzvah programming? Kulam is a post-b-mitzvah education program for Hebrew High School settings, which aims to continue the successful...