Thanksgiving Discussion Guide
Introducing Moving Traditions’ Thanksgiving Discussion Guide. The guide prompts you to consider your values and hopes for society....
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Guidance for Group Leaders Leading Teen Groups the week of November 6-14, 2020
Three Questions to Ask Yourself Before Leading Your Group This Weekend For those of you who are leading teens this weekend, here are a few questions to consider with reflections from our education…
Statement on the Swearing in of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett
As Jewish feminists of many genders, across generations, who are queer and straight, white and of color, today we give each other comfort and stand together as we prepare for a Supreme Court likely to...
Responsive Curriculum: May Her Memory Be A Revolution
Here is an activity you can use with teens to consider the life and legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, z”l. The full session can be found in the Current Events section of our password protected …
Is This the Fast You Want This Year?
This Yom Kippur, Moving Traditions is lifting up the voices of three young people who participate in our programs to call our collective attention to the many ways in which our society is broken and i...
Responsive Curriculum Sample: Racial Justice: Rage, Riots, and Righteousness
Responsive curriculum sample on how to process the murder of George Floyd and the protests and riots that followed....
Statement in Memory of George Floyd and in Solidarity with those Fighting Racism
Let us teach our youth to recognize that the world rests on “justice, on truth and on peace” (Pirkei Avot 1:17). May we cease standing on the blood of our neighbors (Leviticus 19:16), instead doin...
Prolonged Stress? Oh Yes! Achieving Homeostasis While Staying at Home
Excerpt from our responsive curriculum. This session helps participants reflect on how their minds and bodies are responding to the prolonged stress and uncertainty of the pandemic. They will explor...
This.is.not.normal: Reflecting on Roles Pre- and During the Pandemic
In this session, participants will reflect on how their various roles and identities (e.g. student, child, musician, prom-goer, etc) have been affected and disrupted by the pandemic. They identify t...
Online B’nai Mitzvah: How to Connect When You’re Never Apart
In the time of the Covid-19 pandemic, parents and their children are spending more time together under one roof than ever before. This session gives parents and children the opportunity to come togeth...