NEW FROM PITSPOPANY PRESS
From Award Winning Author SYLVIA ROUSS comes a story every child should know
REACH FOR THE STARS
by Sylvia Rouss
Illustrated by Rosalie Ofer
Introduction by Joachim Joseph, who gave the Sefer Torah to Ilan Ramon
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A LITTLE TORAH'S JOURNEY
As he traveled through space, Ilan Ramon, Israel's first
astronaut, held a miniature Torah in the palm of his hand that he showed to
the world.
"This is a small Torah scroll that a young boy received from a
Rabbi sixty years ago in the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp," he
announced, holding up the Torah for the cameras. "The Rabbi used it to
train Joachim Joseph for his Bar Mitzvah in the Camp and then gave it to
him for safekeeping. Joachim gave it to me for this journey."
The story of this Torah; it's journey from the depths of the
Holocaust to the heights of the Heavens as it traveled with the crew of the
ill-fated Space Shuttle Columbia, and the pride it brought to the Jewish
people, are the magic ingredients of Reach for the Stars: A Little Torah's
Journey, by National Jewish Book Award Winner, Sylvia Rouss.
Sylvia is the author of over a dozen titles, including this year's
Sydney Taylor Honor Award and the World Storytelling Award.
The introduction, written by Joachim Joseph, describes his special
relationship with Ilan, the launch of the space shuttle, the crew's sixteen
days in space, and the experiments performed in space.
While not an Orthodox Jew, Ilan considered himself a
representative of all the Jewish people. During his flight on the space
shuttle, Ilan ate only kosher food, kept the Shabbat, and even made Kiddush
on the wine. He took a Mezuzah, donated by Holocaust survivors, with him
into space.
And he took a little Torah scroll&
Reach For The Stars by Sylvia Rouss
Hard Cover $16.95 ISBN: 1-930143-82-6
Soft Cover $9.95 ISBN: 1-930143-83-4
Ages: 8-12 Pages: 40 Size: 8.5" x 11"
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