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  • Beckee Birger of Moving Traditions Announced as 2024-2025 Obama Foundation Leader

    Beckee Birger of Moving Traditions Announced as 2024-2025 Obama Foundation Leader

    On September 17, 2024, it was announced that Beckee Birger is among 205 leaders selected to join the Obama Foundation Leaders program….

  • Announcing the Fall 2024 Kumi: Foundation Participants

    Announcing the Fall 2024 Kumi: Foundation Participants

    Moving Traditions to bring together Jewish teen activists from across the US to make a difference September 4, 2024 – Moving Traditions is proud to announce 27 newly selected participants […]…

  • Announcing the 2024-25 Cohort of Meyer-Gottesman Kol Koleinu Teen Feminist Fellows 

    Announcing the 2024-25 Cohort of Meyer-Gottesman Kol Koleinu Teen Feminist Fellows 

    Moving Traditions to bring together Jewish teen activists from across the US to make a difference  August 28, 2024 – Moving Traditions is proud to announce 43 newly selected 2024-2025 [……

  • Partner Events Commemorating October 7

    Partner Events Commemorating October 7

    Moving Traditions is proud to support our local communities and Jewish Federation partners in these events to mark the anniversary of October 7. This listing will continue to be updated, […]…

  • Parent You Should Know: Shuli Karkowsky

    Parent You Should Know: Shuli Karkowsky

    MetroKids Magazine | In March 2022, Shuli Karkowsky became CEO of Moving Traditions in Elkins Park, a Jewish nonprofit that empowers teens through self-discovery and social connection. It was her firs…

  • SRE Network announces recipients of $575K in grants

    SRE Network announces recipients of $575K in grants

    By Rachel Kohn for eJewishPhilanthropy | Twelve Jewish nonprofits have been awarded a total of $575,000 in “field building grants” from SRE Network, the organization announced today. Connecting…

  • Why invest in CIT programs?

    Why invest in CIT programs?

    By Rabbi Daniel Brenner for eJewishPhilanthropy | I was speaking with my friend’s daughter the other day about her experience as a counselor-in-training (CIT) at a local Jewish day camp when she gav…

  • Reflections on Juneteenth

    Reflections on Juneteenth

    by Beckee Birger, Director of DEIJ Initiatives My daughter and I read a book called Juneteenth For Mazie. It’s a sweet story about how a young girl named Mazie learns […]…

  • Shavuot Text Study: We All Stood Together

    Shavuot Text Study: We All Stood Together

    On this Shavuot, we invite you and the teens in your life to take some time to read and discuss an iconic Jewish feminist poem by Merle Feld. This poem […]…