Note to Self: Choose LifeSeptember 8, 2023by Jhos SingerThis is the last Hot Off The Shtender of 5783. Rosh Hashana allegedly marks the birthday of the world, but…
And To the Students of Their StudentsSeptember 1, 2023by Lauren TuchmanFor years, people would ask me if I wanted to be a professor. Perhaps that question stems from a deep…
Letting Go of Our LizardAugust 25, 2023by Ren FinkelThis Elul, SVARA’s Mishnah Collective is taking some time to dive into Rambam’s Hilkhot Teshuva. In true Rambam fashion, his…
Mycelial Magic of CodificationAugust 18, 2023by Laynie SolomanIn the first halakha class I ever took, we sat in a circle, opened up a book called the Mishnah…
When Trying is More Than EnoughAugust 11, 2023by Maggie KrausA very hot take: I love when the summer ends. Don’t get me wrong, this folkloric season brings with it…
Akiva, You Have Comforted MeAugust 4, 2023by Mónica Gomery Nichum or nechemta, which mean comfort and consolation, are key words at this point in the Jewish calendar. We’ve…
Seeking an Incomplete ComfortJuly 28, 2023by Becky SilversteinOne of my earliest memories from my time at Gann Academy, a pluralistic Jewish high school where I taught before…
A Season of So Many QuestionsJuly 21, 2023by Bronwen MullinAs a member of SVARA’s teaching team, I get asked a lot of questions. Being in conversation with our learning…
Lamenting Across TimeJuly 14, 2023by Alyx BernsteinGrowing up, my mum, whose grandparents hailed from the Jewish community of the island of Rhodes, would always cut any…
The Time-Traveling TalmudJuly 7, 2023by Kendra SapersteinWhen I became Jewish, I didn’t realize that I was looking for ancestors. And yet, as I emerged from the…
To Know and Be KnownJune 30, 2023by Bronwen MullinA few weeks back, it fell on me to give a benediction at a breakfast for the Boy Scouts of…
Love. Awe. Holiness. Wholeness.June 23, 2023by Becky SilversteinOver the past few months, ever since we published the wisdom of the Trans Halakha Project, I have wondered how…