Ma'yan


Reports
Pretty Soon We'll Be Taking Over: Voices and Perspectives of American Jewish Teen Girls November 12, 2009 Introduction What do we know about the experiences and attitudes of girls coming of age in today’s Jewish community? By many measures, we observe that the girls commonly served by Jewish communal institutions—many of them socially,... Download full report →


Articles
Using Art to Make Change: Ma'yan Launches Political Theater Apprenticeship! February 3, 2010 Daring to go where few have gone before, NYC Jewish teens girls are beginning to uncovering what they, their friends, their teachers, and complete strangers think about privilege, gender, class, power, money...and what's fair. Led by puppeteer,... Download full article →


White Papers
Rethinking B'nai Mitzvah November 13, 2009 Rabbi Levitt, Executive Director of the JCC in Manhattan, offered this challenge to the Jewish community as the closing speaker at the Ma’yan Symposium on Bat Mitzvah. Ma’yan is grateful for her permission to reprint these remarks. In the thirty... Download full white paper →