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Insights

Statement on the Swearing in of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett

As Jewish feminists of many genders, across generations, who are queer and straight, white and of color, today we give each other comfort and stand together as we prepare for a Supreme Court likely to...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
October 27, 2020

Insights

Responsive Curriculum: May Her Memory Be A Revolution

Here is an activity you can use with teens to consider the life and legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, z”l. The full session can be found in the Current Events section of our password protected …

Sarah Fox
October 15, 2020

Insights

Is This the Fast You Want This Year?

This Yom Kippur, Moving Traditions is lifting up the voices of three young people who participate in our programs to call our collective attention to the many ways in which our society is broken and i...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
September 17, 2020

Insights

Responsive Curriculum Sample: Racial Justice: Rage, Riots, and Righteousness

Responsive curriculum sample on how to process the murder of George Floyd and the protests and riots that followed....

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
June 8, 2020

In The News, Insights, Press Releases

Statement in Memory of George Floyd and in Solidarity with those Fighting Racism

Let us teach our youth to recognize that the world rests on “justice, on truth and on peace” (Pirkei Avot 1:17). May we cease standing on the blood of our neighbors (Leviticus 19:16), instead doin...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
June 2, 2020

COVID-19 Resources, Insights

Prolonged Stress? Oh Yes! Achieving Homeostasis While Staying at Home

Excerpt from our responsive curriculum. This session helps participants reflect on how their minds and bodies are responding to the prolonged stress and uncertainty of the pandemic. They will explor...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
May 13, 2020

COVID-19 Resources, Insights

This.is.not.normal: Reflecting on Roles Pre- and During the Pandemic

In this session, participants will reflect on how their various roles and identities (e.g. student, child, musician, prom-goer, etc) have been affected and disrupted by the pandemic. They identify t...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
May 8, 2020

COVID-19 Resources, Insights

Online B’nai Mitzvah: How to Connect When You’re Never Apart

In the time of the Covid-19 pandemic, parents and their children are spending more time together under one roof than ever before. This session gives parents and children the opportunity to come togeth...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
April 23, 2020

COVID-19 Resources, Holiday Resources, Insights, Passover

#SederStory

Telling the story at #Passover of the Israelites’ liberation from slavery has inspired generations to work for a better world. This Passover, in this challenging time, we invite you to download our ...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
April 2, 2020

COVID-19 Resources, Holiday Resources, Insights, Passover

Passover and the “Multi-Generational Self”

So much about Passover is likely to be different this year for most of us—and yet, this fundamental idea will be exactly the same. We are commanded to tell our children and to remind ourselves of wh...

Jillian Finkelstein Brownstein
March 31, 2020