Alyx Bernstein, Author at SVARA: A Traditionally Radical Yeshiva

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Three SVARA-niks, including Jhos, dance in a line, holding hands and smiling.

An (Im)Perfect Step

May we perform a conversion for a transgender individual for whom milah/ hatafat dam brit poses a sakanah?

A SVARA-nik stands in front of a dark background. In the foreground at the top of the image, a series of colorful, neon lines are visible.

Turning Our Dreams Upside Down

An image of Rabbi Bronwen's tattoo can be seen on her left arm. The tattoo is of Yentl leaning seductively on her masechets of Talmud with the constellation of Capricorn (the hybrid goat-fish) astrological sign in the sky behind her.

She Shall Inscribe Her Hand to God

A SVARA-nik, wearing an orange lanyard and brown sweater, points at a line in an open page of Talmud.

Not a Rabbi, Not Yet a Rav

A SVARA-nik, face out of the frame, learns from a page of Talmud. They are leaning on a table, which has a laptop open to a Zoom screen full of faces.

Ask, And They Will Tell You: Reflections on the Teshuva-Writing Collective

A SVARA-nik sits on a chair with a bright yellow pillow and a blanket over their legs. They are leaning over an open Talmud in their lap, which they are annotating with a pen and pointing to. They are reading intently from the text.

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