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
Opening the Heart With the Tanya
The Tanya is the Kabbalistic masterpiece of the great mystic Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, affectionately referred to as the ...
Virtual Reality and Genuine Humanity – Can They Coexist?
These past months of social distancing have precipitated a fundamental change in human experience, where virtual reality has, to a ...
Virtual Reality and Genuine Humanity – Can They Coexist?
These past months of social distancing have precipitated a fundamental change in human experience, where virtual reality has, to a ...
Virtual Reality and Genuine Humanity – Can They Coexist?
These past months of social distancing have precipitated a fundamental change in human experience, where virtual reality has, to a ...
From the Voices of Women
The voices of women are an essential component of any excavation into Jewish history. The stories we will share expose ...
From the Voices of Women
The voices of women are an essential component of any excavation into Jewish history. The stories we will share expose ...
Caring for Others, the Torah, and Ourselves: Jewish Perspectives on the Ethics of Care
In this series we’ll explore how the experience of caring for others in need—including young children, the sick, and the ...
Caring for Others, the Torah, and Ourselves: Jewish Perspectives on the Ethics of Care
In this series we’ll explore how the experience of caring for others in need—including young children, the sick, and the ...
Caring for Others, the Torah, and Ourselves: Jewish Perspectives on the Ethics of Care
In this series we’ll explore how the experience of caring for others in need—including young children, the sick, and the ...
What Can We Learn About God from the Image of God in Us?
The doctrine that humans were created in God’s image is supposed to tell us that there’s something unique and something ...