Helping Jewish high schoolers develop identity and belonging at the intersection of community, Judaism, social justice, and feminism.
Applications Opening Soon
Jewish Teens ● 9th -12th Graders
Moving Traditions runs three Meyer-Gottesman Immersive Teen Experiences that support Jewish high school students in building supportive community and discovering who they are. Facilitated by skilled mentors, these programs bring a feminist and/or justice lens to exploring the real-world issues teens face and to building their Jewish identities. Alums tell us they have gained lifelong friendships, confidence in their abilities, and a meaningful sense of belonging.
Moving Traditions’ Immersive Teens Experiences for Jewish teens include:
- jGirls+ Editorial & Photography Fellowship (10th – 12th grade)
- Kol Koleinu Feminist Fellowship (9th – 12th grade)
- Kumi Justice Retreats (10th – 12th grade)
Applications for these programs open March 2 — check back soon for more information!
Distinctive Opportunities
While exploring justice, identity, and feminism through these programs, you’ll also:
- Deepen your knowledge about social change
- Amplify your voice to share your beliefs
- Explore racism, antisemitism, and other manifestations of oppression
- Apply your perspective, vision, and creativity to shape how the world listens to Jewish teens
Program Offerings
jGirls+ Editorial & Photography Fellowship
The jGirls+ Magazine teen staff is a community of young Jewish feminists (10th-12th graders) who produce an online literary magazine by and for their peers. jGirls+ editors and photographers build an online platform for Jewish girls, young women, and nonbinary teens ages 13-19 to make their voices heard and to engage in discussion across differences of background, opinion, and perspective. Editors meet virtually to read, discuss, and edit teen-created content. Photographers then pair these pieces with photographs for publication on our site. In addition, fellows receive feminist leadership training and the opportunity to engage with a wide circle of peers on their own terms.
Kol Koleinu Feminist Fellowship
The Kol Koleinu Feminist Fellowship is a unique year-long fellowship for young Jewish feminists (9th-12th graders) to build intergenerational and peer-to-peer relationships, to learn how to effectively speak their minds and apply the building blocks of activism to create change in their community. This opportunity invites young Jewish women, and trans and non-binary teens to learn how to apply a Jewish feminist lens to the world, ask powerful questions, and amplify their voices to express a call to action.
Kumi Justice Retreats
Kumi Justice Retreats are for Jewish teens (10th-12th graders) who care about racial justice and want to grow alongside other justice-minded teens from across the country. Through two in-person retreats and monthly community of practice zoom calls, teens in this program will hear from expert speakers in the field, have deep conversations related to their identities and experiences, engage in skill-building workshops, and ultimately leave with the ability and knowledge to interrupt racism, antisemitism, and other forms of oppression.
Program Impact
In 2025, more teens than ever applied for our immersive experiences. In their applications, it was clear that even as teens face hardship and challenges, they are also ready to work toward a better world. Moving Traditions is proud to give young leaders the space, community, and skills to help them do so.
95% of teens
in our programs felt inspired to make a positive difference in their communities.
88 teens
participating in Kol Koleinu, Kumi, and jGirls+ Magazine fellowships in 2025-26.
50% increase
in teen content submissions for jGirls+ Magazine.
In my application, I wrote about my rocky relationship with the fact that I am Jewish. In two years, with genuine friendships and connections, learning and opportunity, something inside of me healed. I am so much more confident, bolstered by the fact that I am so much more educated and aware of the world around me, and there’s really no sort of ‘thank you’ that is powerful enough for that.
– Emma M., Immersive Teen Experience Participant
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Your gift to Moving Traditions emboldens Jewish youth to thrive through the pursuit of personal wellbeing (shleimut), caring relationships (hesed), and a Jewish and feminist vision of equity and justice (tzedek).