The Bittersweet in Every Passover
This year, Moving Traditions invites you to focus on two of the foods on the seder plate – the maror, bitter herbs, and the haroset, the sweet mixture that symbolizes the mortar used by the enslaved...
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Passover, Protest, & Power: An Intergenerational Conversation
When should we defy authority, and when should we obey? When should we raise our voices, and when should we work behind the scenes?
We encourage you to use the text and questions in this resource to ...
Different From All Other Years
Just as Passover is different from all other nights, this year feels different from all other years.
We feel caught in the place between our individual wellbeing and the state of our broader people.
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Urchatz: A Deeper Dive into Handwashing at the Seder
This year, Moving Traditions invites you to slow down while you wash your hands at the start of your seder, and contemplate the depth contained in this underappreciated ritual. Handwashing has t…
The Same, Yet Different at Passover
I love how the calendar of Jewish holidays lends structure to my year. Passover epitomizes this more than any other holiday – replete with strong childhood memories; ritual before, during, and after...
Never Again? Reflecting on the War in Ukraine this Passover
Many teens have watched the war in Ukraine unfold on social media—on Instagram, TikTok, and Reddit. They have seen remnants of razed buildings, Ukrainian refugees crowding onto trains, men hugging t...
Yerushah: A Reimagined Passover Haggadah
Yerushah (“inheritance” in Hebrew), is a reimagined Passover Haggadah created by Julia White, a 2021-2022 Meyer-Gottesman Kol Koleinu Teen Feminist Fellowship. Download the sneak peek resources be...
Never Again? This Passover Share Thoughts on the War in Ukraine
Moving Traditions invites you to use our new 2022 Passover Seder supplement to explore the power of narratives this year by asking the following questions at your Seder, making sure that young people ...
Acknowledging and Releasing the Burdens: An Old/ New Ritual for Breaking the Middle Matzah
Our 2021 seder resource offers you—and others around your table or online—the opportunity to consider the weight of the challenges you have been carrying over the past year, and the burdens should...
A Meditation for Educators for Passover
by Jen Anolik I invite you all to close your eyes if you’re comfortable. Take a deep breath in through your nose and out through your mouth. Give your mind permission to think whatever it wants to …