In the Forward | It’s not the first year rabbis have linked the climate crisis to Tisha Ba’av. More than a decade ago, Rabbi Tamara Cohen, chief of program and strategy at the Jewish youth group M...
By Rebecca Ezersky for Evolve | On the last night of Moving Traditions’ most recent Kumi Justice Retreat, I sat with the teen participants in the hotel lobby in Washington, D.C., and debriefed the w...
By Elizabeth Mandel for Lilith Magazine | I had been avoiding Nobody’s Girl : A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice by Virginia Giuffre. I felt I should read it. I knew I should read ...
By Rabbi Daniel Brenner for eJewish Philanthropy | As the war between Israel and Iran was heating up, I scrolled by a tweet by the Mumbai-based political commentator and blogger Maitreya Bhakal: “Pe...
In Jim Joseph Foundation's Blog | As Jewish teens face the dual burden of the trials and tribulations that come with adolescence and rising antisemitism in school and online, Moving Traditions continu...
JWF’s multiyear grant to jGirls+ Magazine, a program of Moving Traditions, helps foster the next generation of strong feminist leadership. Pictured are the publication’s teen editors. (Photo credi...
…Although these strategies may be as important (if not moreso) in local communities, some recent examples on the national and international stages include Moving Traditions’ absorption of JGirls+ ...
By Shuli Karkowsky & Elizabeth Mandel for eJewish Philanthropy | We’ve been living through a period of significant transition in the Jewish nonprofit world, with executive shake-ups announced across...
By Shuli Karkowsky and Elizabeth Mandel for Hadassah Magazine | We are Jewish feminist leaders dedicated to supporting the emotional development of Jewish teens, helping them grow into their fullest s...
By Pam Barkley in the Jerusalem Post | For one delicious day, I could just let go and be. Be the Pam who likes to dance, the Pam who loves s’mores, the Pam who is not in charge of anyone or anythin...
