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Scribe Workshop | Creating a Torah

Date & Time

Thu. Apr. 23, 2026 6:30 PM-7:30 PM
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Location Main Campus | Beck Building

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Scribe Workshop | Creating a Torah

Date & Time

Thu. Apr. 23, 2026 6:30 PM-7:30 PM
This event has passed

Location Main Campus | Beck Building

Parking at Beck Garage
Drop off at Beck Building
SOLD OUT
Torah scrolls, handwritten in Hebrew with the five books of Moses, are the holiest objects in Judaism. In this workshop, Katherine Bower demonstrates the work of a Torah scribe (sofer or soferet in Hebrew) and the techniques and materials used to create and repair the text of a Torah. Bower shares the soferet’s materials, demonstrates the calligraphic technique, and engages in a conversation with participants. Following the program, visitors are invited to go into the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Gallery for Judaica with Bower and view a historic Torah scroll.

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  • Tickets are free and include Museum admission to the MFAH Permanent Collections.
  • Capacity is limited.

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About the Presenter
Katherine Bower is a soferet and fourth generation native Texan. A graduate of the University of North Texas, she studied at the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem in 2014–2015. In 2017, she began studying Safrut under Jen Taylor Friedman. During the summer of 2018, Katherine studied at Yeshivat Hadar in New York City.
 

MFAH World Faiths Initiative
This program is part of the MFAH World Faiths Initiative, which seeks to highlight themes of faith, religion, and spirituality in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Focusing on the many expressions of faith in these collections, the initiative honors the diverse communities of Houston and inspires connections among cultures and beliefs.

World Faiths Initiative

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The World Faiths Initiative is made possible by a grant from Lilly Endowment Inc.
 
Learning and Interpretation programs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, receive generous support from H-E-B; Sempra Foundation; the Brown Foundation, Inc.; the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo; the Joe Barnhart Foundation; the Cockrell Family Fund; the CFP Foundation; the Claire & Theodore Morse Foundation; the Junior League of Houston, Inc.; and additional generous donors.
 
Endowment funds are provided by the Louise Jarrett Moran Bequest; Caroline Wiess Law; Windgate Foundation; the William Randolph Hearst Foundation; Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff; the Fondren Foundation; BMC Software, Inc.; the Wallace Foundation; the Neal Myers and Ken Black Children’s Art Fund; the Eleanor and Frank Freed Foundation; Medha and Shashank Karve; Virginia and Ira Jackson; Jesse H. Jones II; the CFP Foundation; the Favrot Fund; gifts in memory of John Wynne; Neiman Marcus Youth Arts Education; gifts in memory of Peter Lotz; and gifts in honor of Beth Schneider.
 
On Thursday, admission to the MFAH Permanent Collections is free, courtesy of Shell USA, Inc.