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  • Who’s Invited to YOUR B-Mitzvah? Resources

    Who’s Invited to YOUR B-Mitzvah? Resources

    On Monday, August 29, 2023, Moving Traditions’ Rabbi Daniel Brenner, and the screenwriter of You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah, Alison Peck, explored the spiritual and ethical dilemmas that f…

  • Moving Traditions Receives 2023 SRE Network Renewal Grant

    Moving Traditions Receives 2023 SRE Network Renewal Grant

    We are excited to share that Moving Traditions has received a grant from SRE Network (Safety, Respect, Equity). This grants cycle strives to create cultural shifts and accountability by investing time…

  • State of the Union – Summer 2023

    State of the Union – Summer 2023

    By Shuli Karkowsky, Moving Traditions CEO Even on the muggiest, hottest, most humid days, I love summer. I think I never left behind the part of my childhood self that associates summer with escape, n…

  • Moving Traditions hires Talia Kushnick

    Moving Traditions hires Talia Kushnick

    By Deb Silverthorne, Texas Jewish Post Texas, 11 other states encompass portfolio for Southern regional director….

  • Announcing the 2023-24 Cohort of Meyer-Gottesman Kol Koleinu Teen Feminist Fellows

    Announcing the 2023-24 Cohort of Meyer-Gottesman Kol Koleinu Teen Feminist Fellows

    Moving Traditions is proud to announce 49 newly selected 2023-2024 Kol Koleinu Teen Fellows from across the United States.  Moving Tradition’s Meyer-Gottesman Kol Koleinu Teen Feminist Fellowship,…

  • How Jewish educators can address the youth mental health crisis

    How Jewish educators can address the youth mental health crisis

    Rabbi Daniel Brenner for EJewishPhilanthropy “How might the ways that we teach Jewish text, ritual practice and ethics better support teens’ overall well-being?” There is compelling evidence …

  • Summer Reading List

    Summer Reading List

    Check out our summer reading list, full of recommendations for parents and educators of Jewish youth, books by our recent event speakers, and what we’re reading at Moving Traditions. Timely…

  • How Jewish summer camp became a refuge for LGBTQ+ youth — and why it needs to stay that way

    How Jewish summer camp became a refuge for LGBTQ+ youth — and why it needs to stay that way

    Rabbi Tamara Cohen for JTA These past few weeks, many parents in my circle have been counting pairs of socks, labeling them with their kids’ names and packing duffle bags as they prepare to send…

  • A Jewish Community for All

    A Jewish Community for All

    The Jewish Federation’s Commitment to LGBTQ+ Inclusion Being a teenager is notoriously difficult. Being a teenager struggling to figure out their gender identity and sexual orientation is even h…