Turning Jewish Boys Into Mensches
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Jewish Groups Take On Masculinity, Consent Education
Once a week, Isaac Santelli makes his way to a public school on Chicago’s South Side, where he volunteers teaching high school students about some of the most freighted words imaginable for young pe...
Thinking Differently About B’nai Mitzvah
By Rabbi Daniel Brenner, eJewishPhilanthropy, October 30, 2018
In the wake of #metoo, many families are questioning the practice of hiring young women to fawn over thirteen-year-old ...
A Jewish group builds community for transgender and nonbinary teens
By Josefin Dolsten, JTA, October 22, 2018
When Rabbi Tamara Cohen started working four years ago as the chief of innovation at Moving Traditions, she was seeking ways to cater to tra...
Congregational Leaders Train with Moving Traditions
Jewish Exponent, September 10, 2018
Moving Traditions, based in Jenkintown, nationally launched its new B’nai Mitzvah program, with a training for congregational leaders on Oct. 4...
Coming To The Right Answer By Themselves: Talking With Boys About Sexual Assault
Heard on Morning Edition, October 10, 2018
Moving Traditions founder and CEO Deborah Meyer says the goal is not to tell teens how they should behave, but to give them the space and ...
Moving Traditions’ New B’Nai Mitzvah Traditions
By Oren Peleg, Jewish Journal October 3, 2018
As pre-teens get older, communication gets more difficult. When the Jewish community can create a framework for dialogue and a space whe...
#MeToo goes to Jewish summer camp, a traditional place for teenage romance
By Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post, July 14, 2018
This summer, in the #MeToo era, the Foundation for Jewish Camp is conducting a nationwide training program to prevent sexual har...
Training Sessions Address #MeToo Issues at Camps
By Selah Maya Zighelboim, Jewish Exponent, June 6, 2018
As a former Jewish summer camper, Moving Traditions CEO Deborah Meyer said camp was a place where she developed long-lasting ...
The #MeToo movement goes to summer camp
By Deborah Meyer and Jeremy Fingerman, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, May 10, 2018
...Summer camp is where many of us form our deepest and longest-lasting relationships. It is often rig...