The "tiny Torah scroll" in Gaza

Original Social Media Post

"Oh my goodness. “My husband, an IDF Rabanut soldier, went into Gaza with a tiny Torah scroll (look at the picture). This Torah scroll is an exact replica of a Torah scroll that was smuggled into and survived the extermination camps. In Bergen- Belzen, Bar Mitzvah boys read from it - risking their own life to keep the jewish tradition. One of the children, Yehoyakim Yosef, survived the Holocaust and immigrated to Israel with the Torah scroll. Years later he became Professor Yehoyakim Yosef at the Technion and taught Ilan Ramon (the first Israeli astronaut). When Ilan Ramon ascended into space, he was given the Torah scroll by the professor. From space, he told the story of the tiny Torah scroll and the miraculous survival of the Jewish people - "Am Yisrael Chai". The tragic end of the space shuttle is known - the shuttle crashed and Ilan Ramon and the other astronauts did not survive. The Torah scroll did not survive either. My father-in-law, Neil Rubinstein, heard about this story a few years ago and was very moved. He established a project to rewrite the tiny Torah scroll... This tiny Torah scroll, an exact replica of the one that survived the camps and so powerfully symbolizes the eternity of the Jewish people, entered Gaza. My husband, Aryeh Rubinstein, had the privilege to take it in. Soldiers read from the torah and danced with it and declared once again and always- "Am Yisrael Chai". Onions…" - Source

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• Heritage and culture
• Land theft
• Jewish Supremacists