Shavout
Thursday, May 21 • 8 pm to 11:45 pm

Tikkun Leil Shavuot with Temple Beth Am

IKAR and Temple Beth Am are joining forces for Shavuot. What better way to celebrate the giving of the Torah at Mt. Sinai than pulling an all-nighter, learning Torah from sundown to sunrise. We’ve got it all covered: soul-stretching study, heart-expanding singing, and too much dairy to be good for you (BYO Lactaid). From text-based learning to creative workshops, there’s something for everyone!

Stay tuned for the full schedule (we have amazing teachers lined up!)

About our 2026 Plenary Speaker, Rabbi Benay Lappe
Ordained by The Jewish Theological Seminary in 1997, Rabbi Benay Lappe founded SVARA in 2003. An award-winning educator specializing in the application of queer theory to Talmud study, Benay has served on the faculties of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Temple University, American Jewish University, The Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, The Graduate Theological Union’s Center for Jewish Studies at UC-Berkeley, and The Wener Institute. Benay was named to The Forward 50 list of most influential American Jews, The Forward’s 2014 List of Most Inspiring Rabbis, is a Joshua Venture Fellow, and in 2016 received the prestigious Covenant Award for innovative Jewish education. While learning and teaching Talmud are her greatest passions, Rabbi Lappe is also a licensed pilot, shoemaker, and patent-holding inventor.

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Location
Temple Beth Am, 1039 S La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90035
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