Being in Intimate Relationships: At a Glance: In this session, participants take a critical look at the messages they receive from the media, their family, and their community about romantic relationships. They spend time thinking about elements and characteristics they would like to have in romantic relationships in their own life.
At a Glance: In this session, participants explore how they typically react to and feel about conflict. Then, they learn Jewish wisdom about conflict as well as dynamics that commonly occur within conflict between girls. A role-play activity gives them the opportunity to try out new conflict techniques.
Having Healthy Friendships: At a Glance: During high school, the relationships that teen girls form with friends are often as strong and as influential (if not more so) than the relationships they have with their family. In this session, girls think critically about the characteristics of healthy friendships and the messages the media, peers, and…
Format each text on a card. All journeys have a secret destination of which the traveler is not aware. - Martin Buber. Everything on earth has its own time and its own season. - Ecclesiastes. At five years of age, the study of Scriptures, At ten years of age, the study of Mishnah, At thirteen,…
Lindsay Newman: My Jewish identity is central to my sense of self. It has always been a part of who I am. However, oftentimes others see my caramel-colored skin, dark brown corn-screw curls and don’t think I’m Jewish. As a mixed-race, transracially adopted, Black Jewish woman, I cannot separate my identities. Each informs the others.…
At a Glance: Judaism places a lot of importance on transitional periods. Havdalah marks the end of Shabbat and beginning of the week. Twilight, the period between sunset and nightfall, is thought to have mystical qualities. In this session, guided by Jewish wisdom about transition, participants will reconvene after a summer apart and explore the…
Objectives: By the end of the session, participants will be able to: Identify general and gendered pressures associated with posting content on social media; Reflect on the effect social media has in their individual lives; Apply Jewish ethics and values around speech, privacy, and interpersonal communication to posting on social media during the b-mitzvah experience
Updated 2025. Objectives: By the end of the session, participants will be able to: Identify the ways gender and other social norms are expressed around dress, in particular during the b-mitzvah process. Explore how to balance individual values and desires related to dress with the values of friends, family, and the Jewish community
Pages to print before the session: Objectives: By then end of the session, participants will be able to: Understand the core values of celebration/simcha in Jewish community; Describe aspects of traditional simcha that are personally meaningful
Pages to print before the session: Objectives: By the end of this session, participants will be able to: Identify the responsibilities of a host and a guest; Describe Jewish wisdom connected to being a host and a guest
