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Shavuot Text Study: We All Stood Together
On this Shavuot, we invite you and the teens in your life to take some time to read and discuss an iconic Jewish feminist poem by Merle Feld. This poem is one that we use both with our Meyer-Gottesman…
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The Science & Power of Spirituality for Teen Mental Health – Resources
1. Help them feel centered and connected in times of stress through a Jewish meditative practice. A medieval Jewish meditation technique, developed by the Jewish Spanish mystic Abulafia involves visua…
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Where Jewish Education Meets Feminism
Adapting Podcast for The Jewish Education Projects, featuring Shuli Karkowsky
Gender, feminism, and power are all salient features of adolescent development today. Jewish youth is certainly no exc… -
If some synagogue schools are sinking ships, we’re coming with lifeboats
By Shuli Karkowsky & Pamely Barkley for eJewishPhilanthropy
We know from studies of teen mental health that teens need meaningful education more than ever as a way to connect to themselves, to pe… -
Stand With Transgender Teens: Discussion Guide
We invite you to read and share this article published in the Philadelphia Jewish Exponent on April 26, 2023. You can use it as a jumping off point with your teens for discussion. Ask them: Stand With…
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Straight for Equality: May is National Jewish Heritage Month
When discussing the intersection of religion and LGBTQ+ identity, Judaism is generally perceived to be among the more welcoming and affirming faith traditions in the US. There are countless organizati…
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Mental Health Awareness Month Resources
Resource topics: At Moving Traditions, we seek to enhance teens’ sense of connection—to themselves, to their peers, to mentor adults, and to their Jewish community—as the same studies that ident…
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Chai Benefit 2023
At our 2023 Chai Benefit, we celebrated 18 years of impact on Jewish youth and honored the incredible Tami Astorino for all the ways she’s helped Moving Traditions grow since the beginning….
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Stand With Transgender Teens
By Kerrick Goodman-Lucker
Philadelphia Jewish Exponent
This year for Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31, some of us felt a little too visible. It felt like all eyes are on our trans an…
