Film Screening and Discussion: Commandment 613

Join us for a webinar discussion of the film Commandment 613 with Rabbi Kevin Hale, Lois Roman, Julie Seltzer, and Miriam Lewin, moderated by Rabbi Katja Vehlow, Ph.D. The film will be virtually screened from September 19 to 29, and a link will be sent to all registrants prior to the event.

In the award-winning, 23-minute documentary, Rabbi Hale joyfully practices the sacred craft of Torah restoration, bringing new life to scrolls saved in Czechoslovakia during the Shoah. The scrolls are now loaned out to communities around the world by the Memorial Scrolls Trust in London. As Rabbi Hale’s scribal work takes him to some of those communities, he reflects on his own path to faith and practice—and the many ways to fulfill the final commandment in the Torah: to write the scroll itself.

Our online discussion will feature Rabbi Hale, Julie Seltzer, trustee of the Memorial Scrolls Trust Lois Roman, and Miriam Lewin, director of Commandment 613. The panel will be moderated by Rabbi Katja Vehlow, Ph.D., of Fordham University.

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