SVARA’s mission is to empower queer and trans people to expand Torah and tradition through the spiritual practice of Talmud study. We envision a future in which liberatory expressions of Judaism equip individuals and communities to realize a just and healed world, and we believe that the spiritual practice of Talmud study, particularly as it’s done at SVARA, shapes learners into the kind of people who are moved to, equipped to, and courageous enough to bring about a more just and equitable world. Through our strategic focus areas, we support a growing base of people for whom Talmud study is a transformative spiritual practice: a roadmap for making radical change rooted in tradition, led by leaders of the Jewish future.