A group of SVARA-niks are standing in a room. In the foreground, Binya is holding a silver cup. Their face is turned towards the cup, though their eyes are closed. They are wearing a floral tank top and a white-and-purple shawl.

Binya Kóatz

( she/her )
SVARA Fellow

Binya Kóatz is a sefardi / ashki / moroccan / argentinean / ukranian / french trans jewish torah-lover, who runs a queer Yeshiva (Shel Maala), performs stand up comedy (@binya_donethat) and sings and dances with her foremothers. she revels in languages, and can’t *believe* the radical gay anarchist tradition she’s been tasked with carrying forth. originally from the alte heim in Queens, she currently resides on Ohlone Land in the East Bay.

 

Blog posts by Binya Kóatz

Libation and Liberation

In this drash, I want to talk about wine, Purim and Passover, and how all of those connect to liberation…

Turning Death Itself Into Life

Judaism is good at so much: Connecting us to our ancestors, providing an eternally renewable tradition, even making us wash…