KQED-FM, The California Report, May 15, 2009 by Kathryn Baron
http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R905151630/e
For this mission, Massimino has packed a small cash of objects that holds deep meaning for him. He has a family photo, school mementos and this Catholic man who grew up on long island is carrying a Mezuzah; a symbol of the Jewish faith…. Massimino is carrying this Mezuzah in honor of Astronaut Ilan Ramon, whose parents were Holocaust survivors.