Social Justice for Parents

Empowering Young Leaders

Learn about the Religious Action Center's exciting leadership training and social justice programs for teens and young adults.

Learning About Jewish Values

Dad and two smiling kids looking at an iPad together on the couch

6 Videos to Teach Jewish Values to Kids During the Pandemic

Even under the best of circumstances, the most tight-knit of families can feel stress being together 24/7 – and these are anything but the best of circumstances.

Hand dropping a coin into a ceramic tzedakah box

How We're Teaching Tzedakah (Charity) to Our Child

A child's choice on how to allocate tzedakah teaches them how be a member of the community, to be kind and generous towards others, and to understand that tzedakah comes from the heart.

Father and young sons reading from a prayerbook as the light Shabbat candles at a kitchen table

Teach Your Children the Mitzvot of Shabbat

With your children, generate ideas and family activities that will fulfill these four mitzvot. Here are a few ideas to get you started.

4 Principles for Teaching Kids Responsibility

Teaching our kids to assume responsibilities around the house sure can be challenging. Often, it seems so much easier just to do it ourselves. When we do, though, we become overloaded, stressed, and tense, and our kids are deprived of a valuable, character-building learning opportunity.

Shaboom! Videos For Children and Parents

Teaching Children about Donating to Charity (Tzedakah)

The Plony family rallies to make donations for their synagogue’s charity drive, but Gabi and Rafael notice that Mom, Dad and Ben only want to part with broken or worn out items.

Teaching Children about Reducing Waste (Bal Tashchit)

Yasmin must hold her nose to wade through the garbage piling up outside the Plony house. Though she turns off the faucet and begs Momma Plony not to use extra paper towels, it takes a magical Sparks-inspired flood to sort out the real trash from the recyclables.

Books for Children

Bone Button Borscht

A tired beggar reaches a small town on a cold, wintery night, seeking food and a warm bed. When the poor locals are reluctant to assist, he promises to make a delicious soup from six bone buttons.

I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark

Celia Amster Bader thought girls should be educated and have opportunities to impact the world outside the home – so she took her daughter, Ruth, to the library.