Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girl Thing! Has Arrived in Israel
The largely popular Moving Tradition’s Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girl Thing! has hit the Israeli scene. Known by many throughout North American Jewry, Moving Tradition’s program has captivate...
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Aly Raisman’s Nude Photoshoot Isn’t As Scandalous As You Think
Though the shoot may be suggestive, it suggests not only 21-year-old Raisman’s potential sex appeal as gymnast-Jewess, but also a triumph of body positivity amidst industries — both gymnastics and...
Meaning-Making for Teens: An Interview with Deborah Meyer
A new interview with Deborah Meyer in the Covenant Foundation’s online magazine, Sightline, looks at how Moving Traditions helps teens find and stay connected to their kol dmama daka, the s...
It’s a Girl Thing! Helping To Develop Jewish Pride, Identity
It’s a precarious world for Jewish girls — in addition to the angst of adolescence, they are at risk for depression, eating disorders and risky behavior. And Jewish girls, post-...
Instead of Trying to Keep Teens Jewish, Let’s Work to Keep Them Healthy
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Finding Freedom For All At Pesach
Spring is finally arriving and Passover is on its way. I love this holiday. Of course, it’s exhausting and it always causes some domestic stress......
Arava Power Investing Profits From New Solar Fields In Social Causes
By Sharon Udasin, The Jerusalem Post, January 12, 2015.
Arava Power Company, the firm responsible for Israel’s first commercial solar field, will be investing profits from its s...
Genderosity: Becky
Becky spent her teenage years attending a Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girl Thing program through her synagogue. Over the years, her group discussed issues from dating and divorce to sex and sexuali...
Helping Recognize Nonprofits’ Creativity
By Eric Berger, Jewish Exponent, October 22, 2014
Moving Traditions, a Jenkintown-based organization targeted at Jewish teens has been selected almost every year since its founding in 2005...
Testing a model for teenage empowerment
By Johanna Ginsberg, New Jersey Jewish News, July 2, 2014
Vered Idan, 23, has fond memories of the young women’s empowerment group she joined in middle school.
Led by Rabbi Pa...