M&D star trek reference

[Dave Monroe]

You know, Leonard Nimoy (not to mention William
Shatner) is actually Jewish, and somewhere in ...

Whitfield, Stephen E. and Gene Roddenberry.
   The Making of Star Trek.  NY: Ballantine, 1968.

... it's mentioned that he had seen rabbis perform
that very gesture (a blessing) by peeking precisely at
a point where the congregation was not supposed to
have been looking.  He also claims to have been much
influenced by Harry Belafonte, but ... but check out
Proverbs 3 as well ...

1 My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my
commands in your heart, 
2 for they will prolong your life many years and bring
you prosperity.

http://members.aol.com/judaism/ask/archives/qs006.htm

http://www.ebs.hw.ac.uk/EDC/StarTrek/gifs/3spock.gif

By the way, Grace Lee Whitney (Yeoman Janice Rand) is
apparenetly one of these controversial "Jews for
Jesus" who've recently begun leafletting and
billboarding around town here ...

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Zone/2754/

Always something interesting at the Pynchon-List ...

--- David Gentle <Gentle_Family at btinternet.com> wrote:
> This could easily have been discussed before but I
> couldn't find mention of it in the archives.
> (Chap 50 pg. 485)
> 'The rabbi of prague...whose private Salute they now
> greet Dixon with, the Fingers spread two and
> two, and the Thumb held away from them likewise,
> said to represent the Hebrew letter *Shin* and to
> signify, "Live long and prosper."'
> 
> That, as I'm sure you all know, is the Vulcan salute
> from Startrek.
> 
> David Gentle

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