City:Jenkintown, PA
Auspice/Sponsorship: Moving Traditions
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Year Established: 2009
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What are the goals of
the program?
Build self-concept and Jewish identity for adolescent boys
What is the structure of
the program?
Experiential education; single gender; variety of modalities; positive youth development. Participants meet together between 2 - 2.5 hours a month. The groups facilitator must attend a Moving Traditions' training. The program is best facilitated in homes and institutional lounges and is targeted at 8th-12th grade boys.
What was the genesis of
the program and what need was it meant to serve?
Moving Tradition’s new program for teen boys, Shevet Achim: The Brotherhood, was launched in 2011-12 after three years of research. Seeing that boys were disconnecting from Jewish community at a time in their lives when the guidance, friendship, and sense of purpose that Judaism could provide were most needed, we set out to re-imagine the transition from being a bar mitzvah boy to being a young man in the Jewish community.
What are the key
elements and underlying principles of this model/initiative?
Mentor led; conveys importance of Jewish peer community; applies a gender lens and Jewish values and ritual to the daily challenges of adolescent boys
What (other) factors
made this model/initiative successful?
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