On the verge of his Bar Mitzvah, Simon’s recurring nightmares about dropping the Torah threaten to derail his big day.

Men have been scribing Torah since 3 BCE but it wasn’t until 2007 that a Torah was scribed by a woman. In this documentary short, meet two of the first known female scribes in history including one who makes her own parchment in her backyard, learn about the obstacles they overcame to achieve this dream, and - as a Jewish woman - how their work affects the filmmaker personally.

When a young couple tries to escape the Nazis, they discover that the most chilling threat may come from their own neighbors.

An immigrant mother and son find comfort in Yiddish expressions shared at bedtime.