Space Torah

Synopsis

Dr. Jeff Hoffman became a NASA Astronaut in 1978. He participated in five space missions, becoming the first astronaut to log 1,000 hours of flights aboard the space shuttle. Dr. Hoffman has performed four spacewalks, including the first unplanned, contingency spacewalk in NASA’s history and the initial repair/ rescue mission for the Hubble Space Telescope. He was the first Jewish American male astronaut to fly into space. Over five space missions, he chose to bring numerous Jewish objects, the highlight was a small and light Torah scroll that he took with him on his fifth and last mission. Rabbi Shaul Osadchey, Jeff’s spiritual leader, was instrumental in making it possible for Jeff to take a Torah scroll (the Space Torah) into space. Jeff saw the act of bringing religious objects into space as part of bringing his own tradition with him, but bringing the Torah into space had the added symbolic meaning and significance of bringing the holiness of human life into space.

Main Cast

Jeffrey A. Hoffman

Himself

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Executive Producer	Rachel Raz
	Producer	Rob Cooper
	Co-Producer	Pam Pacelli Cooper
Directing	Director	Rob Cooper
Writing	Writer	Rob Cooper
	Musical	Billy Novick
Camera	Director of Photography	Austin De Besche
Department	Role	Name

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