[2] Eventually Linda Coppleson of West Orange, New Jersey;[1] Rabbi Hannah Klebansky of Jerusalem,[1] Irma Penn of Winnipeg, Alberta, Canada; and Julie Seltzer,[5] of Berkeley, California, all contributed to completing panels for the Torah.
Laurel Robinson[6] of Atlanta was the first artist involved, contributing a carved wooden yad (pointer) and storage box that is inscribed with a poem by poet and liturgist Marcia Falk.
Jeweler Andrea Sher-Leff of Austin, Texas, created a silver and garnet buckle, echoing the pomegranate motif, for the belt that holds the Torah scrolls together.
[9] Lois Gaylord of Seattle made the silk belt itself and wove the large, feather-motif bima cloth which incorporates a specially designed Star of David weave pattern.
Amy Gilron of Beer Sheva, Israel, made the wood mosaic etz chaim, the pair of spindles to which the parchment panels of the Torah are attached.
The first readers (in order) were: Sima Kahn, Neal Sofian, Lois Gaylord, Sandra Silberstein, Leah Knopf, Douglas Brown, Rachel Reichhardt, Wendy Graff and Mollie Price.