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Parenting Anxious Teens: Jewish Approaches to Resilience
September 11 at 8:00 pm – 9:15 pm EDT
As we head back to school, there’s plenty to feel anxious about – and our teens are feeling it too. Today’s Jewish teens are navigating a dual burden. Not only are they grappling with the joys and challenges of adolescence, but they also face rising antisemitism, political division, and conflicting feelings about what’s happening in Israel and Gaza. How can parents help our teens through anxious times like these?
Join Moving Traditions on September 11 for Parenting Anxious Teens: Jewish Approaches to Resilience, a webinar on strategies can parents use to help their teens cope with everyday stress and anxiety. We will dig into these questions and more:
- What strategies can parents use to help their teens cope with everyday stress and anxiety?
- How can we build up resilience in our teens to help them overcome the challenges they will inevitably face, as a tactic to manage a healthy level of anxiety?
- How can Jewish wisdom and Jewish community support Jewish parents and teens alike through anxious times?
- How can parents know if teens need professional support to address clinical anxiety?
Moderated by Rabbi Daniel Brenner, our speakers will include:
- Dr. Yoni Schwab: clinical psychologist, parenting expert, and Assistant Head of School for the Shefa School
- Tova W.: jGirls+ Magazine teen editor
- Lauren Z.: Meyer-Gottesman Kol Koleinu Teen Feminist Fellow
- Rabbi Tamara Cohen: Chief of Program and Strategy at Moving Traditions
This free Raising Up Teens webinar for parents and educators of Jewish youth will include actionable takeaways and resources to use with the teen in your life.
Featured Speakers
Dr. Yoni Schwab (he/him) is a clinical psychologist and Assistant Head of School at The Shefa School in Brooklyn, NY. He has had successful private clinical practices in Riverdale and Scarsdale. Yoni conducts research, consults, and lectures extensively on social-emotional learning, progressive behavior management, and raising the achievement of students with behavioral and learning challenges. He serves on the Expert Panel of Parents.com, the website of Parents Magazine. Yoni holds B.A.’s from both Columbia University and the Jewish Theological Seminary and earned his doctorate in clinical psychology at Rutgers University. He also trained at the NYU Child Study Center in the treatment of ADHD and disruptive behavior and at the Institute for Behavior Therapy. Prior to his career in psychology, Yoni was a management and development consultant to Jewish and Israeli nonprofits at Perry Davis Associates. He lives in Riverdale with his wife and their three children.
Rabbi Daniel Brenner, Vice President of Education (he/him/his), weaves together ancient wisdom, developmental psychology, social pedagogy, embodied practice, and pop culture to help a diverse network of rabbis, educators, and volunteer leaders who mentor teens. Prior to joining Moving Traditions in 2011, Daniel led educational programs for CLAL-The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, Auburn Theological Seminary, and the Birthright Israel Foundation. Brenner is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College; he furthered his studies with Rabbi Yitz Greenberg and Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (z’l), and for the last five years he has been obsessed with studying and teaching shtetl dance. He lives with his beloved, Dr. Lisa Brenner, in Montclair, New Jersey and they are the proud parents of three young adults.
Rabbi Tamara Cohen is a Jewish feminist educator working with Jewish teens, their parents and educators, helping them construct identities and communities of caring, spirit, creativity, and commitment to social change. As Chief of Program and Strategy at Moving Traditions, she is instrumental in the development of its curriculum and immersive programs including its teen feminist fellowship, program for Jews of Color and anti-racist allies, and groups for LGBTQ+ Jewish teens. Tamara was awarded a 2023 Covenant Award for Exceptional Jewish Educators. She finds joy and meaning raising her children with her partner, writing poetry, facilitating challenging conversations, cooking vegetables from her garden, dancing, and hiking in the woods by her home in Philadelphia.
Lauren Z. is a returning Teen Leader for the Meyer-Gottesman Kol Koleinu Teen Feminist Fellowship. She is a junior at Brookline High School in Brookline, MA, where she is a member of the yearbook club and fashion club. She belongs to Congregation Shaarei Tefillah in Newton, MA. In her spare time, Lauren enjoys reading, baking, and volunteering with Hebrew SeniorLife.
Tova W. is a jGirls+ Magazine Editorial Board teen staff member. She is a writer, activist, musician, and Modern Orthodox Jew. She has been a leadership board member of the Jewish Youth Climate Movement, a member of her school’s Young Democrats Club’s climate segment, and part of Dayenu, a Jewish movement for climate action. She is also a member of her school’s band and orchestra, playing flute and violin. She is equally likely to be writing a fantasy novel, a poem, a personal essay, a comedic short story, or a carefully worded email.