Objectives By the end of this session, participants will be able to: Reflect on their own sense of belonging and connection to the Jewish people. Understand the roles of the Diaspora and the Land of Israel in the formation of Jewish peoplehood. Grapple with the idea of engagement with Israel as a facet of Jewish…
Objectives: By the end of the session, participants will be able to: Practice how to set boundaries and communicate their needs. Understand why setting physical, emotional, material, and time boundaries -is important to their well-being. Identify the importance of boundaries in Judaism.
Updated 2025. Objectives: By the end of the session, participants will be able to: Reflect on their personal style of addressing conflict. Practice ways to work through conflict to create positive relationships. Learn traditional Jewish wisdom about managing conflict.
Objectives: By the end of the session, participants will be able to: Analyze the role that social media plays in their own lives. Understand the pressures that they and their peers feel related to using social media. Reflect on ancient Jewish wisdom and consider how it may speak to the adolescent challenges and experiences related…
Updated 2024. Objectives: By the end of the session, participants will... Articulate their own understanding of the term self-care, in conversation with peers and other modern as well as ancient sources; Inventory their own self-care practices, noting where they are succeeding in self-care and where they could improve; Study modern and ancient wisdom on the…
Objectives: By the end of the session, participants will be able to: Identify the difference between empathy and sympathy; Identify where empathy is reflected in Jewish values; Practice reframing sympathetic situations they might encounter with an empathetic response; Articulate where and why it is important to practice empathy
Objectives: By the end of the session, participants will be able to: Identify the characteristics of healthy and supportive friendships; Describe what they value most in friends; Apply Jewish wisdom to the participants’ understanding of their own friendships
Updated 2025. Objectives: By the end of the session, participants will be able to: Learn more about the body’s physical response to stress and brainstorm some de-stressing techniques. Discuss how their physical response to stress and stress relief techniques might be informed by gender and gender stereotypes. Use Jewish wisdom to help remind them that…
Before you begin leading any of the sessions in this Moving Traditions pilot curriculum, we suggest that you help the group come together for a basic orientation. This guide gives every teen an opportunity to get comfortable in the group, to reflect on the experience of speaking about important questions in an all-gender environment, and…
Objectives: By the end of the session, participants will be able to: Explore the messages that teenagers receive about risks and courage from media, society, and Judaism, including messages about gender norms and risk/courage. Reflect on their personal relationship with risks. Reflect on their personal “fallback setting” and how to check in with themselves in a new…
