Jhos Singer, Author at SVARA: A Traditionally Radical Yeshiva

Two people are in a bright, sun-lit room poring over a page of Talmud together. One person is standing and one is seated. They are both wearing glasses, and the table beneath them is covered with books, dictionaries, and reading lamps.

He Chopped Up the Damn Boat

Two people share a glance in the bet midrash. The person on the left is seated, and the person on the right is standing and wearing fairy wings. The two seem to be in cheerful conversation together.

Honoring the Pain We Carry

Three SVARA-niks are sitting under a large, leafy-green tree, far away from the camera. One, wearing fairy wings, is standing and talking, while the other two listen.

Torah on a Tightrope

Finding Our Way

Two SVARA-niks high-five over a table in the bet midrash.

Turn In It

Many SVARA-niks are sitting at tables in the bet midrash. All of them are clapping, except for one in the middle, who is smiling proudly.

Hardcore, Queer, & Radically Inclusive

Jhos is explaining something to a SVARA-nik, his fists bunched up in front of him. He is wearing a Queer Talmud Camp t-shirt with oars on it.

Trans Bodies and Talmud

Jhos stands between two seated learners. Jhos is pointing at something in the learner's texts.

Finding Our Truths

A group of SVARA-niks stand in a circle around a burning havdalah candle. In the foreground, a SVARA-nik is wearing fairy wings on their back.

Don’t Worry, (or Go Ahead and Worry but Still) Be Happy—a Talmudic prescription for turbulent times

A Jastrow dictionary sits on top of a source packet, titled "Thinking Like the Rabbis," taught by Rabbi Benay Lappe.

Learning Myself & the Text Inside/Outside