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How to Make a Torah

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. Untitled Scribe Documentary is a short film currently in post-production that profiles female scribes and explores how they are embracing this ancient tradition with a modern twist.

Filming took place in Cambridge, U.K, and Saratoga Springs, New York between 2024 and early 2025.

GRANT

The 2025 Matthew Harris Ornstein JxJ Short Film Fund