A Feminist Midrash for Purim
By Rabbi Tamara Cohen As we prepare to celebrate Purim, which is coming up on March 6-7 this year, Moving Traditions offers you an interesting perspective to discuss at your Purim seudah (meal), to sh…
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Antisemitism, Teen Wellbeing & the Pedagogy of Difficult Conversations
On February 15, 2023, Moving Traditions hosted Antisemitism & Teen Wellbeing, a webinar for parents and educators of Jewish teens. Watch the recording: These are the key takeaways and related reso…
Teen Perspectives: Antisemitism & Teen Wellbeing
In preparation for our Antisemitism & Teen Wellbeing webinar, we asked five Kol Koleinu fellows who are part of a new Teen Board to share their advice for adults about how to support teens in resp…
Planting for Change with Teens
By Rabbi Tamara Cohen and Jennifer Anolik
As we approach Tu B’Shvat, the New Year for the Trees, we are thinking about Jewishly-rooted social change and how we keep nurturing it among teens even in...
Reflecting on an Amazing Year
By Shuli Karkowsky As we begin 2023, I can’t help but reflect on what an incredible year Moving Traditions had in 2022 thanks to supporters like you. And while it’s nearly impossible to make a lis…
Why Kumi? Why now?
Moving Traditions recently launched a new program called Kumi: An Anti-Oppression Teen Leadership Experience. We invite you to learn more about the inspiration, motivation, and goals of this new excit…
Hanukkah 2022
Talking with your teens is a gift. As our gift to you this Hanukkah, please enjoy these discussion starters and resources from Moving Traditions’ past year of programming. May the gift of conversati…
Light the Way: Parenting for Wellbeing – Resources
On December 14, 2022, psychologist Dr. Betsy Stone and Rabbi Tamara Cohen, Chief Program Officer at Moving Traditions, discussed key themes to help “parent for wellbeing.”...
Annual Report 2022
Moving Traditions recently released a new strategic plan, Moving Forward: Our Next Generation, which announced our ambitions to double our impact over the next three years. We invite you to read the p...
What is “Embodied Consent Education” and how can Jewish summer camps benefit from it?
Embodied consent takes its name from somatic practice –emphasizing the idea that consent is part of a mind-body connection where our bodies send signals to our minds and our minds are directing our ...