Ayana Morse, Author at SVARA: A Traditionally Radical Yeshiva

World Building In the Bet Midrash

SVARA-niks are seated in the bet midrash together. Folks are sitting at tables full of texts and learning resources. The walls are blue and the image focuses on two chevrutas sitting across from one another. They are both smiling and looking towards someone outside of the frame.

Chevruta Outside the Bet Midrash

Learners at Queer Talmud Camp can be seen in the distance walking across a large open meadow. The grass is a deep yellow and small hills rise out of a stand of trees in the background.

Svara in Spades

Sacred Learning to Thaw the Freeze

Laynie stands on one leg in front of a group of learners in the bet midrash. The SVARA-niks are sitting at tables, watching Laynie, and smiling at them.

Culture, Care, and Our Shared Definitions of SVARA

A group of SVARA-niks stand arm-in-arm in a singing circle. Many of them are looking at the ground. At the center, a person wearing pink holds a guitar and is singing with their eyes closed.

Reading Megillah As An Invitation to Take Action

The Torah of Care

A large group of SVARA-niks are standing in a wood-paneled bet midrash. Many of them have their hands up.

Toward a Co-Created Liberatory Jewish Future

On the left, there are two standing SVARA-niks, and on the right, two seated. Rabbi Monica, standing center, is handing a Talmud to one of the seated learners.

Blessing This Moment

Two SVARA-niks are sitting on chairs outside, on a lawn, in front of a building. They are leaning over their Talmuds and learning together.

Our Learning Lives Inside Us

Two standing SVARA-niks stand next to a SVARA-nik sitting at a table. One of the standing SVARA-niks is handing the sitting one a Talmud.

Elevating Wise People Elevates Wisdom

A heart-shaped craft, sitting on the ground, with the Hebrew word lev (heart) in the center.

Knowing That We Are Loved

A SVARA-nik, sitting over their Talmud, high-fives their chevruta, whose back is to the camera.

We’re All OK

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