Writing, Speaking, Singing
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Coming Soon -- Nariya
Stay tuned for the release of Rabbi Micah Shapiro’s forthcoming, live-in-studio album, Nariya (2027). Honored to have been a vocalist on the album.
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Beth El - The Heights Synagogue Torah
In June 2024, I began a multi-year project of writing my first full sefer Torah for Beth El - The Heights Synagogue, my home shul. We hired a videographer to capture some of the journey.
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One Year Anniversary of Beginning Torah Scroll
Short video marking the one-year anniversary of beginning the Torah project, including a visit to my home writing studio. Videography and production by Steven Hacker.
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"Women Are Rewriting the Role of Torah Scribe"
A November 2025 piece by Hilary Danailovain in Hadassa Magazine about women scribing sifrei Torah, in which I represent the next generation of Torah scribes.
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"Beth El-The Heights Synagogue starts work on new Torah"
In July 2024, Cleveland Jewish News wrote a piece about the start of our Torah project, during which everyone in the community came up to help write a letter in the opening verses of Bereshit (the very beginning of the scroll).
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"Creativity as a Window Into All That Can Be"
A piece I wrote in 2022 for CLI (Clergy Leadership Incubator) about the empty page as pure potential.
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Video 3 of Torah Project
Beck Shur shares about being a part of the Torah project. Videography and production by Steven Hacker.
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"Jewish Torah Scribe and Potter – Rabbi Bec Richman"
In 2024, I was interviewed by Meli Solomon, host of the Talking with God Project about my spiritual and theological connections to safrut (scribal arts) and pottery.
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"Female scribes: Breaking down gender barriers writing Torah"
Brian Seltzer of KYW Newsradio interviewed me in 2023 about my entry into the world of scribing.
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"The Growing Ranks of Female Scribes"
Originally published in the Jewish Exponent, Jesse Bernstein’s piece is featured here through the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, where I was ordained in 2019.
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Community Members Reflect on Torah Project
The Torah Project for Beth El - The Heights Synagogue is in memory of Rabbi Moshe Adler and Nili Adler, zichronam livracha - may their memories be for a blessing. Members reflect here about their legacy and experience of the project. Videography and production by Steven Hacker.
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"Inscribing Ourselves With Ink Itself"
A pre-High Holiday piece I wrote about what it might mean to be “inscribed” in the book of life.