MakomDC Weekend Scholar
Makomdc (Learning & Immersion)
Empowered Torah: Exploring Halakha Through Lived Experiences with Laynie Soloman of S'vara
with Ga’avah - Adas’s GLBTQA+ affinity group
May 3rd-5th
Register for Ga’avah Happy Hour, May 3rd at 5:30pm
Register for community Shabbat Dinner, May 3rd
Register for Sunday morning breakfast and learn
Join us for a special scholar weekend May 3rd-5th learn with Laynie Soloman of S’vara who will teaches us deep and challenging Torah through Shabbat and the Weekend as they explore in modern time what it means to be empowered to create halakha that is shaped by our authentic lived experiences.
On Friday Laynie will offer the d’var Torah in the TEM lead Kabbalat Service entitled, "Teaching G!d Our Torah: How We Radically Transform the Jewish Canon". Laynie will also be around for dinner and signing of Shabbat songs after dinner.
On Shabbat morning in the Smith Sanctuary Laynie will give the sermon entitled, "On Breaking the Law to Fulfill It"
On Sunday morning join us at minyan at 9 am and stay to eat breakfast and learn with Laynie in a shiur (class) entitled, "Nothing About Us Without Us’: Power, Autonomy, and Expertise in Shaping Halakha”.
Laynie Soloman is a teacher and Torah-lover who seeks to uplift the piously irreverent, queer, and subversive spirit of rabbinic text and theology. Laynie serves as the Associate Rosh Yeshiva at SVARA: A Traditionally Radical Yeshiva, where they co-founded the Trans Halakha Project. Laynie has studied and taught Torah for over a decade in a wide range of learning spaces, including Yeshivat Hadar, Romemu Yeshiva, UnYeshiva, and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. In 2020 they received the Covenant Foundation’s Pomegranate Prize for emerging Jewish educators, and they're currently a research fellow with M²: The Institute for Experiential Jewish Education. Laynie is an Ashkenazi third/fourth generation Philadelphian, and when they’re not learning Talmud, you can find Laynie reading about liberation theology, laying in their hammock, and playing with their little one, Remez.
