Hot Off The Shtender Archives - Page 8 of 9 - SVARA: A Traditionally Radical Yeshiva

Rabbi Monica, smiling, hands a SVARA tote bag to someone outside the frame. The tote bag reads, "The Revolution Will Not Be Translated."

Practicing Freedom in the Bet Midrash

A chevruta pair are sitting at a table. One chevruta is focused on something to the left, while the other is looking at their chevruta.

I Saw Him and I Stood on His Grave: Expanding Our Tradition’s Justice Map

A large group of SVARA-niks are in the bet midrash. They are standing and pointing at the ceiling, smiles on their faces.

Did You See My Alps? And Other Questions We’re Asked in Heaven

A screenshot of a Zoom window, with 17 people visible.

The Book of You & The Book of the World

A Zoom whiteboard, covered in colorful squiggles and snippets of text in English and Hebrew.

Staying Whole in the Face of Unbelievable Brokenness

A person points a SVARA-branded pen at a line of Talmud.

The Plurality of Mourning

Two chevruta sit over a table, with Talmuds and Jastrows open.

A Tapestry of Individual Actions & Collective Power

Three chevruta sit over a table covered in Talmuds, Jastrows, and more books.

Expanding Our Canon

A person's left hand points at their Talmud, while the right takes notes on a piece of paper.

The City that Never Sleeps—and the City that Becomes Home

Three SVARA-niks sit in a row in the bet midrash, looking to the left.

The Revolution Will Not Be Translated

A person reads from the Talmud, one hand pointing at the page, the other touching their face.

The Radical Lineage of the Tanna’im

Say Little. Do Much.

A Talmud, open to the 13th daf of Masechet Eiruvin. A pencil rests in the middle of the page.

There Is No Torah Except the Torah of Freedom

A person's arms sit on a Talmud. They are holding a blue pencil, and the Talmud is marked with blue stickies.

A Kiss from the Sages

A series of books splayed out. Left: Blessing the Boats, New and Selected Poems, by Lucille Clifton. Center: A Talmud Masechet Brachot. Right: 3 mishnayot.

Sheltering in Mishnah

A computer sits on top of a stack of Talmuds, with a Zoom meeting open. Many faces are visible in the Zoom window. Next to the computer, a person studies from a Talmud, their hand holding a pencil.

We Are The Talmud’s Fantasy

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

A round loaf of bread and a Talmud sit on a wooden cutting board.

Bread & Talmud, Diaspora & Homeland

A left hand points at a line in the Talmud, while a right holds a pen.

Increasing Our Days through Learning

A hand points at a line in a Talmud.

OK, We Left Egypt. Now What?