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Sofer On Site International is a family-led team of scribes (soferim), educators, and storytellers. The site identifies it as a father, son, and son-in-law team working with dedicated staff, and names four people: Rabbi Gedaliah Druin (Founder), Rabbi Moshe Druin (President), and Rabbi Yochanan Salazar and Rabbi Levi Selwyn, both described as Traveling Sofer. The organization says it has served communities on all five continents over the past 40 years.
The named team
| Name | Role listed on the site |
|---|---|
| Rabbi Gedaliah Druin | Founder |
| Rabbi Moshe Druin | President |
| Rabbi Yochanan Salazar | Traveling Sofer |
| Rabbi Levi Selwyn | Traveling Sofer |
The site describes the core group as "a father, son & son-in-law team, together with our dedicated staff," so the four named figures are the public-facing leadership rather than the whole operation.
What background they claim
- Scribing as a responsibility, not just a craft. The team frames being a sofer as carrying "great responsibility," with the writing and care of Torah scrolls described as "everlasting" spiritual work.
- On-site work as the defining feature. The name is presented literally: they say they are "always local and on-site, wherever a Torah is found," and that they travel to congregations and their Torahs. This is in addition to an office and workshop in South Florida.
- Broad Jewish background. The site states the team has "been through the main streams of Judaism ourselves," which it presents as the reason they can relate to Jews of all ages and backgrounds.
- Experience across communities. They claim over 40 years of service and communities on all five continents, and separately cite "over 30 years of experience" in the context of community programming.
How to read these claims
Everything above comes from the organization's own description of itself. The site does not publish ordination details, certification bodies, or independent references for the named individuals, so if you are evaluating them for a specific scroll or community project, treat the roles and experience as their self-description and verify directly. The practical takeaway is that this is a small, family-centered team that positions travel and in-person community engagement as its main difference from a scribe who only writes.