Julie Seltzer

Julie Seltzer is a Torah scribe and educator with a BA in theatre arts from Brown University. She has been writing new Torah scrolls since 2009, when she was Scribe-in-Residence at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, CA. A video of Julie and this project can be found here. Julie also offers Torah repair, and runs interactive educational workshops, offering a hands-on glimpse into the world of Torah scrolls. Julie resides in the Hudson Valley, NY with her Israeli mutt Shusha. Her hand is featured on Sefaria’s homepage.


Articles by Julie Seltzer

Parashah Challahs on MJL

It was 10 p.m. on a Thursday night at the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center, and I was finally learning ...

Challah for Parashat Bereshit

Adam, the first human, sleeping.