by Onno Schuit.
Hi Erica,
Soda author here (sorry to respond so late, didn't see your message before). You can always include a javascript library through your theme. But if you only want to include jquery in the views of your Soda based module, you can use the views/template.html file. (The template is documented on tech.solin.eu.)
Inside your template.html view, just include jquery like this:
<script type="text/javascript" src="<?php echo $CFG->wwwroot ?>/mod/yourmod/a-jquery-version.js"></script>
Hope this helps you out!
By the way, I'm very curious what you're using Soda for. Could you tell us a little more about your module?
Bye!
Onno