US Teen Contest Winners Reflect On Praying With WOW
By Renee Ghert-Zand, The Times of Israel, January 3, 2014
The three American Jewish teens who won a contest to join the Women of the Wall at the Kotel Thursday say they will neve...
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US Teens Win Contest to Pray with Women of the Wall
By Renee Ghert-Zand, The Times of Israel, January 1, 2014
There will be three new faces among the members and supporters of Women of the Wall as they celebrate the new Hebrew mon...
Proud to Pray Like a Girl
By Lucy Sattler, eJewish Philanthropy, December 31, 2013.
I am honored to have been chosen by Moving Traditions to represent the 4,000 teens participating in the organization’s...
Young Women of the Wall
By Shira Pruce, The Times of Israel, December 30, 2013.
Eliza Moss-Horwitz, age 16, is a participant in Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girl Thing! in Northampton, MA. She will be ...
Eq-wall-ity Slogan Wins U.S. Teen a Trip to Israel
By Debra Nussbaum Cohen, Haaretz, December 26, 2013
Teenager Alexandra Schwartz had not heard of the Women of the Wall group when her mother got an email from Moving Traditions, ...
Exhibit at Jewish Museum Traces History of Bat Mitzvah
By Paradise Afshar and Sabrina Rodreguez, Miami Herald, September 1, 2013 When it came to preparing for her son’s bar mitzvah, Julie Pronesti took a more active approach than most parents. Read More…
Re-Imagining the Coming of Age Journey
By Lisa Gersten, eJewishPhilanthropy, August 29, 2013. What if the bar or bat mitzvah signaled a teen’s entry into an ongoing gathering of Jewish peers led by an inspiring mentor who helped them dis…
Staying Present: Adult Mentors are Essential to Teens’ Lives and to Effective Jewish Teen Engagement
By Deborah Meyer, eJewishPhilanthropy, May 9, 2013.
I was lucky.
When I was 13 and trying to figure out the world around me, I had a camp counselor who really “got” me. She ...
Jim Joseph Report: Effective Strategies for Educating and Engaging Jewish Teens
Moving Tradition’s Rosh Hodesh: It’s A Girl Thing! and Shevet Achim: The Brotherhood utilize three modes of learning—sensory, cognitive and emotive—during eac...
Learn To Love Your Jewish Body
By Rachel Heller, Tablet Magazine, February 25, 2013
On a recent Sunday evening in Los Angeles, five eighth-grade girls lounged in armchairs or sat on the floor, talking with a r...