Anthems: A Yom Ha’atzmaut Discussion Guide
Moving Traditions’ Jewish Identity and Israel Curriculum includes an activity centered around the Israeli national anthem, Hatikvah (The Hope). Hatikvah is a foundational piece of knowledge every Je…
Category Israel
Processing Grief: Commemoration and Kaddish
Background As the conflict in Israel and Gaza continues, the loss of life can be very hard to process — especially when we are grieving children. As we grapple with the recent and devastating ne…
Jewish Identity and Israel Curriculum Pilot
An educational journey that equips Jewish teens with the skills and confidence to engage thoughtfully with one of the most important issues in Jewish life today: Israel....
Parent Resources – Yahrzeit: One Year After October 7
To help Jewish youth process the upcoming one-year anniversary of October 7, Moving Traditions has developed new resources and engaged more than 150 educators with a new curricular session to mark the…
Educator Resources – Yahrzeit: One Year After October 7
Moving Traditions has developed a new special edition curricular session, Yahrzeit: One Year After October 7, to help educators and teens commemorate the anniversary of October 7. The new curricular s…
Prompting Discussion on Yom Ha’atzmaut
By Rabbi Tamara Cohen, Chief of Program Strategy For many Jews in North America this year, it is particularly important, poignant, and/or challenging to mark Israeli Independence Day, Yom Ha’atzmaut…
Holding Two Truths This Yom Ha’atzmaut
By Pamela Barkley, Chief Growth Officer “Once you hit Purim, the school year is basically over!” That’s what one of my teachers used to say to me when I was Director of Education at a suburban r…
Growing Together Through Conflict
Growing Together through Conflict is a short but powerful guide to foster dialogue with the teen in your life that helps you grow together, rather than apart....
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."...
Israel at Your Kitchen Table: Resources
On November 2, Moving Traditions hosted a webinar, Israel at Your Kitchen Table: Strategies for Talking with Teens, about how parents and teens can keep talking even as we may find ourselves with very…