Welcome Melanie Gruenwald
Moving Traditions First Full-time Colorado Director Melanie has extensive experience in informal Jewish education. From working on college campuses and at the international level for Hillel: The F…
Category Profiles
Welcome Beth Tigay
Beth Tigay, Moving Traditions' new California director, has extensive experience in adolescent education in both secular and Jewish contexts....
Group Leader Spotlight: David Lieberman
David Lieberman talks about the very real challenges the teen boys grapple with in his Shevet Achim groups....
Group Leader Spotlight: Anya Manning and Elie Lehmann
Rosh Hodesh and Shevet Achim group leaders at Temple Beth Avodah in Newton Centre and Temple Aliyah in Needham respectively, both near Boston....
Group Leader Spotlight: Terry Wunder
Terry, a Shevet Achim leader at Stephen S. Wise Temple in Los Angeles, says Moving Traditions' National Training Conference was "enormously helpful" in preparing him to lead his group....
Group Leader Spotlight: Deborah Sacks
I’m working with a group of seventh graders. As Brooklyn girls, they are, I believe, forced into a more adult world than the average seventh grader. They have more independence and more autonomy. As...
How To Start A Group
When Margie Patlak heard about Moving Traditions’ Rosh Hodesh program several years ago, she decided to start a group for her daughter, Eva Chudnow, and her friends. Margie wanted to help ...
Pediatrician Describes Leading Shevet
Bruce Reidenberg, MD. Pediatrician, New York State Developmental Disabilities Service Organization. Member, Board of Trustees, Community Synagogue of Rye.
How did you end up leading a group for teen...
Teen Girls Reflect
We asked three girls from a group in Los Angeles to write about the impact of the Rosh Hodesh: It's a Girl Thing! program on their lives. Here are their responses:...
A Conversation with Emeri Handler
Emeri Handler is a Wexner Heritage Fellow. She serves on the boards of the JCC and Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School, and the board emeritus for TheatreWorks in Palo Alto....