Mark your calendar! Two of our U.S.-based grant recipients, Moving Traditions and Jewtina y Co. are offering opportunities for Jewish women and girls with fast-approaching deadlines. In other news, U.S.-based grant recipient, Jewish Women International, has just released an important study about young American Jewish women’s experiences and needs in the aftermath of October 7. Learn more below.
Moving Traditions Accepting Applications for Immersive Teen Programs
Do you know a Jewish teen looking to deepen her knowledge about social change, amplify their voice to share their beliefs, and learn more about combating racism and antisemitism? Nominate them or encourage them to apply for one of Moving Traditions’ immersive programs for teens by May 1 (April 21 for jGirls+ Magazine). Facilitated by skilled mentors, these programs bring a feminist and/or justice lens to exploring the real-world issues teens face and building their Jewish identities. Alums report gaining lifelong friendships, confidence in their abilities, and a meaningful sense of belonging.
The programs are:
- jGirls+ Magazine Editorial & Photography Fellowship (application due April 21). The jGirls+ Magazine teen staff is a community of young Jewish feminists (10th-12th graders) who produce an online literary magazine by and for their peers. jGirls+ editors and photographers build an online platform for Jewish girls, young women, and nonbinary teens ages 13-19 to make their voices heard and to engage in discussion across differences of background, opinion, and perspective. Editors meet virtually to read, discuss, and edit teen-created content. Photographers then pair these pieces with photographs for publication on the site. In addition, fellows receive feminist leadership training and the opportunity to engage with a wide circle of peers on their own terms.
- The Kol Koleinu Feminist Fellowship, a unique year-long fellowship for young Jewish feminists (9th-12th graders) to build intergenerational and peer-to-peer relationships, to learn how to effectively speak their minds and apply the building blocks of activism to create change in their community. This opportunity invites young Jewish women, and trans and non-binary teens to learn how to apply a Jewish feminist lens to the world, ask powerful questions, and amplify their voices to express a call to action.
- Kumi Justice Retreats, for Jewish teens (10th-12th graders) who care about racial justice and want to grow alongside other justice-minded teens from across the country. Through two in-person retreats and monthly community of practice Zoom calls, teens in this program will hear from expert speakers in the field, have deep conversations related to their identities and experiences, engage in skill-building workshops, and ultimately leave with the ability and knowledge to interrupt racism, antisemitism, and other forms of oppression.
A Visionary grant recipient, Moving Traditions emboldens Jewish youth to thrive through the pursuit of personal wellbeing (shleimut), caring relationships (hesed), and a Jewish and feminist vision of equity and justice (tzedek). It combines positive psychology with Jewish values and partners with Jewish institutions across North America to engage Jewish teens, families, and communities.
Jewtina y Co. Leads Colombia Trip, Hosts Cultural Events in LA and NYC
Adeena Bleich of Radford Studios speaking at the 2025 Latin Jewish Film Festival. (Cinthya Silverstein for Jewtina & Co)
Jewtina y Co. is accepting applications for ROOTAS Colombia, an immersive travel experience from June 28-July 5 for Jewish adults who are curious about engaging with Latin-Jewish culture, identity, and community. ROOTAS is about gaining a deeper, real-world understanding of a country’s cultural context—and how that context has shaped the development of a truly global Jewish community. This trip centers Latin-Jewry but invites Latin-Jews, non–Latin-Jewish allies, and non–Jewish-Latin allies committed to becoming ambassadors of Latin-Jewish identity and culture. The trip costs $2,000 plus airfare, and applications are due Sunday, April 19. Details here.
The organization kicks off its second annual Los Angeles Latin-Jewish Film Festival on Thursday, April 23, with the documentary “Adio Kerida” (Goodbye Dear Love) exploring Sephardic Jewish roots in Cuba, followed by a Q&A and book-signing with filmmaker Ruth Behar. (Details and tickets here.) A second event, on Sunday, May 31, will be a Latin-Jewish double feature of “La Pequeña Torá Tatuada” and “Mazel Tov!” (Details and tickets here.)
It is hosting “La Mariposa: A Latin-Jewish Storytelling Event” in New York on Sunday, May 31, in collaboration with Be’chol Lashon and Tribeca Synagogue. Details and tickets here.
Jewtina y Co. is the only organization in North America focused on serving the needs of the approximately 400,000 Latin Jews in the region. It addresses the unique challenges experienced by those in their communities, and creates spaces where peoples’ multifaceted identities are celebrated, affirmed, and integrated into the larger Jewish ecosystem. Its Hadassah Foundation grant supports “Voces en Vivo: Not Your Mama’s Jewtinidad,” a multi-city storytelling and performance initiative that will uplift the voices and lived experiences of Latin-Jewish women and nonbinary individuals throughout the U.S.
JWI Report Highlights Needs of Young Jewish Women Post-Oct. 7
Members of Jewish Women International’s Young Women’s Impact Network at a November 2026 Shabbat program honoring the memory of Sarah Milgrim, one of two Israeli Embassy employee murdered in an antisemitic attack in May 2025. (Courtesy of JWI)
Young U.S. Jewish women are experiencing a “crisis of safety, belonging, and mental health in a post–October 7 world,” according to Jewish Women International (JWI), a Hadassah Foundation grant recipient. A recent study JWI commissioned found that women ages 20-34 have experienced significantly higher rates antisemitism, increasingly strained relationships with non-Jewish friends and partners, a decreased sense of belonging on college campuses, and pressure to hide their Jewishness in many spaces. While the majority of respondents said they have deepened their connection to Judaism and Israel since October 7, a subset reported that they have felt more alienated from Jewish institutions and Israel, with open-ended feedback focused on a lack of space for critical or anti-Zionist perspectives and a perceived lack of compassion for Palestinian civilians.
The study also explored how the sexual violence against women on October 7, along with subsequent rape denialism and disinformation, has impacted young American Jewish women. It suggested ways the Jewish community can better support young women, including by providing more networking opportunities, spaces for open dialogue, and educational workshops on navigating difficult conversations. Download the survey and read key findings here.
Watch a webinar about the study below:
A Visionary grant recipient, JWI works to empower women and girls – of every race, culture, ability, gender identity, and sexual orientation – by ensuring and protecting their safety, building access to long-term economic security, and lifting and mentoring women leaders.