For students that are thinking about college, there are a new set of factors influencing college decisions – from rising antisemitism and a polarized environment around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, to new state laws restricting reproductive rights and trans health care.  Join Moving Traditions for a discussion that will cover: Moving Tradition’s VP of Education Rabbi Daniel Brenner will sit down with Deborah Heller, director of College Counseling at the Beacon School in New York and the founder of Impact College Consulting, and Maiya Edelson, Vice President of Organizational Learning and Development at Hillel International. We will take a look at…

Our Tzelem groups for LGBTQ+ teens have been steadily growing over the past few years, with groups popping up in many communities across the country! Last year we had about 20 groups running in a variety of settings — out of JCC’s, at Jewish overnight camps, funded by Federations, and through collectives of synagogue partners — all sending their teens to a community group. As we talk with individual group leaders and supporting organizations, we are hearing that these groups still struggle with recruitment.   With all that is going on in the world, our LGBTQ+ teens need us now more…

Join Moving Traditions for an honest one-hour conversation about how parents and teens can keep talking even as we may find ourselves with very different sources of information, peer groups, and possible responses to the ongoing war.  Our CEO Shuli Karkowsky will sit down with Rabbi Daniel Brenner and a panel of experts to talk about: An intense period like the one we are living through can be a time for parents and teens to listen to one another or to shut each other out. Teens use moments like these both to differentiate themselves from their parent(s) and to integrate…

This is event is exclusively for educators partnering with Moving Traditions. The December topic is: How do you effectively engage parents? Please register today to receive the Zoom link. There are a few questions in the registration to help us guide the conversation and make sure we cover what you want to discuss. Questions? Contact us. Register now: Online Form - Check & Connect December 14