 Taylor Friedman's "sefer Torah" was commissioned by United Hebrew Congregation, a Reform temple in St. Louis, Missouri.Taylor Friedman was born in Southampton, England, and educated at Oxford.While studying at Oxford, she became interested in "halakha" (Jewish law) and calligraphy, and by a "chance combination of happy circumstances" she met a "sofer" (a male scribe) who helped her realize that becoming a "soferet" would allow her to pursue both interests.