From spring 2011 until August 2012 she scribed another sefer Torah , this time for the Reform congregation Beth Israel in San Diego .
This makes her the first American female sofer to scribe a sefer Torah ; Julie Seltzer was born in Philadelphia and is non-denominationally Jewish .
From spring 2011 until August 2012 Julie Seltzer scribed another sefer sefer , this time for the Reform congregation Beth Israel in San Diego .
This makes her the first American female sofer to scribe a sefer Torah ; Julie Seltzer was born in Philadelphia and is non-denominationally Jewish .