New guide offers tips for ‘Zoom mitzvahs’
By Amanda Koehn, Lifestyles Magazine Editor, Cleveland Jewish News
May 26, 2021
Moving Traditions, an organization to inspire Jewish youth toward self-discovery and learning, early this year released...
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Moving Traditions Founder and CEO to Step Down Next Year
By Andy Gotlieb, Jewish Exponent
May 20, 2021
Moving Traditions co-founder and CEO Deborah Meyer announced that she is stepping down at the end of March 2022.
“Together, for more than two decades,...
Can We Hug Now? Returning to Touch in Jewish Spaces
By Rabbi Daniel Brenner, eJewish Philanthropy
How will a year plus of touch depravation change the way adolescents and young adults interact in large groups of their peers? What are the possible dan...
Zoom-mitzvahs moving the bar on tradition – comment
By Howard Blas, Jerusalem Post
One year ago, no one had ever heard of a Zoom bar or bat mitzvah. They now rival Zoom weddings, baby namings, brisses, funerals and shivas as the most popular onli...
One year ago, no one had ever heard of a Zoom bar or bat mitzvah. They now rival Zoom weddings, baby namings, brisses, funerals and shivas as the most popular onli...
How to Have a Virtual Bar or Bat Mitzvah
By Kara Baskin, Jewish Boston
February 8, 2021
Virtual bar and bat mitzvahs have become de rigueur thanks to COVID-19. Happily, Moving Traditions, which r...
Fund for the Future continues to fuel innovation
Better serving day school students with lea...
Novel ideas to celebrate bar/bat mitzvahs during continued COVID restrictions
(January 22, 2021 / JNS) As the coronavirus pandemic continues to keep Jewish services and life-cycle events smaller in size, many Jewish families are...
Learning from Grantee-Partners: A Series on Insights from Leaders in the Field
By Jim Joseph Foundation
December 10th, 2020
While the field of Jewish education and engagement today sees building mental health as essential, Moving Traditions has been pioneering this appr...
Moving Traditions’ New National B’nai Mitzvah Program, for Families – The Covenant Foundation
If one were to survey Jewish parents about what they think the most pivotal moment is in their child’s Jewish journey, chances are a majority would answer the B’nai Mitzvah. But whereas the ritual...
A New Pedagogy for Parents and Children in Bar/Bat/Benai/B’ Mitzvah Education The Lookstein Center
By Daniel Brenner, Jewish Educational Leadership Journal
November 2, 2020
With an understanding that there have been both seen and unseen generational shifts in parent-teen relationships, five years...