The true story of the miniature Torah that was taken by Israeli Astronaut, Ilan Ramon, on the Columbia Space Shuttle. This unique Torah survived the Holocaust, along with its guardian, Joachim Joseph. Years later, Ramon became close friends with Joachim who asked him to take the Torah aboard the shuttle where he displayed it proudly for all the world to see.

Sylvia Rouss is the author of a dozen children’s titles and won the “2002 National Jewish Book Award” for The Littlest Pair. Her other bestselling titles include The Littlest Candlesticks, The Littlest Frog and Tali's Jerusalem Scrapbook.