This Hanukkah, Kumi is a Gift
By Rabbi Tamara Cohen, Chief of Programs With Hanukkah approaching, I’ve been thinking about the idea of pirsum ha-nes, “publicizing the miracle,” which is considered central to the ob…
Category Insights
Liberal parents, far-left teens: When Jewish families fight over Israel
Rabbi Daniel Brenner for JTA
Most of my friends in Jewish circles are parents of teens or college students. We are liberal, tolerant, open-hearted folks, who jokingly call ourselves “NPR Jews."...
Most of my friends in Jewish circles are parents of teens or college students. We are liberal, tolerant, open-hearted folks, who jokingly call ourselves “NPR Jews."...
Growing Together Through Change
Moving Traditions 2023 Annual Report
Learn about Moving Traditions, our impact, and how we are changing to meet teen's growing needs....
Learn about Moving Traditions, our impact, and how we are changing to meet teen's growing needs....
Remarks from 2023 Covenant Award Recipient, Rabbi Tamara Cohen
On November 8, 2023, Moving Traditions’ Chief Program Officer Rabbi Tamara Cohen was honored to receive the 2023 Covenant Award. At the celebration, she delivered these remarks. Hineni, here I a…
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…
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...