Let us teach our youth to recognize that the world rests on “justice, on truth and on peace” (Pirkei Avot 1:17). May we cease standing on the blood of our neighbors (Leviticus 19:16), instead doin...
By Jen Anolik, Jim Joseph Foundation Blog, May 27, 2020
At a time when in-person graduations and end-of-year events have been cancelled, teens are missing out on important rite-of-pa...
Jewish Exponent, May 21, 2020
While Moving Traditions programming is usually centered on in-person gatherings, virtual meetups and training sessions were becoming more common before ...
The Jewish News of Northern California, January 22, 2020
In a session led by Deborah Meyer of Moving Traditions, a Pennsylvania-based organization that creates b’nai mitzvah progra...
By Rabbi Tamara Cohen, Lilith, Spring 2020
In the months leading up to the bar mitzvah of our eldest child—a cisgender, so-far heterosexual, prank-loving son of two femini...The holiday is about resilience. Now’s the time to show it.
If you’re trying to figure out how to balance Passover with teaching grandma how to use Zoom, you’re not alone.
Rabbi Tamara Cohen of...
Challenges facing youth are greater than ever—and anxiety rates are spiking. From growing pressure on academic achievement, to the 24/7 cycle of social media, to the rise of hate speech and violence...
By Shana Goldberg, Intermountain Jewish News, September 26, 2019
At Moving Traditions, not all those leading the educational programs are professional Jewish educators. Rabbis, cant...By Esther D. Kustanowitz, Jewish Journal, August 14, 2019
While Moving Traditions had already been working with camps since 2015 on issues around harassment and consent, “#MeToo r...By Eric Schucht, Jewish Exponent, July 12, 2019
Summer camp has always been an opportunity for teens to have an impactful experience during a formative period of their lives. And in ...
