Director of Photography
From stretching deer skins in their backyards to training in their living rooms when no schools will teach them, these women are fighting for the ultimate reward: the chance to sit alone in a room and write Torah. That’s How You Make A Torah is a short documentary that profiles female scribes and explores how they are embracing this ancient tradition with a modern twist.
GRANT
The 2025 Matthew Harris Ornstein JxJ Short Film Fund
MUSUEM EXHIBITIONS & WORKSHOPS
March 15, 2026 / Screening and Workshop with Torah Scribe Rabbi Linda Motzkin, Romemu, New York, NY
October 19, 2025 - January 25, 2026 / “Sacredness Materialized” Stabi Kulturwerk, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (Berlin State Library), DE
October 29, 2025 / Workshop and Film Screening on Hebrew Scribal Arts, Museum at Eldridge Street, NYC
ScreeningS
March 17, 2026 / Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
February 28, 2026 / Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, Atlanta, GA
October 22, 2025 / Newport Beach Film Festival, Newport Beach, CA
May 8, 2025 / JxJ: DC Jewish Film + Music Festival, Washington D.C.