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How Leonard Nimoy's Jewish Roots Inspired the Vulcan Salute


How Leonard Nimoy's Jewish Roots Inspired the Vulcan Salute

Inspired by a gesture he'd seen during a blessing at an orthodox Jewish shul as a boy, Nimoy carried the memory with him until the fateful day filming the ...

The Jewish roots of Leonard Nimoy and 'live long and prosper'

Leonard Nimoy first saw what became the famous Vulcan salute, “live long and prosper,” as a child, long before “Star Trek” even existed.

The Jewish origins of the Vulcan salute

So when Leonard Nimoy had an idea for a Vulcan greeting, Roddenberry let him bring along a piece of his culture. Nimoy recounted the story of ...

George Takei Explains the Vulcan Salute's Jewish Roots - Facebook

George Takei recalls how Leonard Nimoy took inspiration from a Jewish ritual to create Spock's signature greeting in Star Trek.

Where did the idea for Star Trek's Vulcan salute and other ... - Quora

The Star Trek audience might have, but Leonard Nimoy got the idea from his orthodox Jewish upbringing. During a blessing ritual, a very young ...

This is Why We 'Live Long and Prosper' | Star Trek

The salute's origin, however, doesn't come out of the vast final frontier, but instead from Leonard Nimoy's Jewish heritage. Spock and the ...

TIL Leonard Nimoy came up with the Vulcan neck pinch because he ...

TIL Leonard Nimoy created the Vulcan salute from his Jewish background, and he came up with the Vulcan neck pinch because he was tired of ...

Did Mr. Spock* base the Vulcan salute on a Jewish blessing?

Yes, Leonard Nimoy has stated that he improvised it during a rehearsal, and it appears that the gesture was directly influenced by (or borrowed ...

Where did Spock's Vulcan salute come from? - Quora

The Star Trek audience might have, but Leonard Nimoy got the idea from his orthodox Jewish upbringing. During a blessing ritual, a very young ...

Museum of Jewish Heritage | Did you know that Leonard Nimoy was ...

... Leonard Nimoy was influenced by his Jewish roots when he created the famous Vulcan salute? The Star Trek greeting for “Live Long and Prosper ...

George Takei Explains the Vulcan Salute's Jewish Roots - YouTube

George Takei recalls how Leonard Nimoy took inspiration from a Jewish ritual to create Spock's signature greeting in “Star Trek.

Vulcan salute - Wikipedia

The blessing phrase "live long and prosper" (written by Theodore Sturgeon) is frequently spoken alongside it. Leonard Nimoy demonstrating the Vulcan salutation ...

Ask a Jew: What's the Jewish story behind the Vulcan salute on "Star ...

After witnessing the ritual all those years ago, Nimoy practiced making the “V” with his fingers as a child. He “never dreamed” he would one day ...

How Spock's Vulcan Hand Salute Is Inspired By Jewish Culture

It's such an iconic gesture, it's surprising to hear that it was made up by Leonard Nimoy, who used his Jewish heritage to create it. Nimoy ...

Leonard Nimoy Explains Spock's Secret Jewish Origins - Vulture

Spock may have been half-human and half-Vulcan, but Leonard Nimoy was all Jew. His parents were Ukrainian Jewish immigrants, and they raised him in the ...

The history behind Leonard Nimoy's Vulcan salute - Quartz

Nimoy drew on his orthodox Jewish upbringing to invent the iconic hand gesture, and he wrote about the process of finding it in his memoir, I am ...

WATCH: Leonard Nimoy explains Spock's salute

The split-finger gesture represents the Hebrew letter shin. In the video below, Nimoy digs deeper into the salute's Jewish origins.

The Jewish Story Behind Spock, Leonard Nimoy's Star Trek Character

To watch the full interview, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/oral... Leonard Nimoy - Jewish actor best known for his role as Spock ...

Leonard Nimoy On Mr. Spock's Jewish Heritage : Code Switch - NPR

The actor, who died on Friday at the age of 83, brought a lot of his Jewish roots to the role of Mr. Spock, including a certain iconic hand ...

Star Trek's Famous Vulcan Salute Has A Deeper Meaning That Truly ...

Unbeknownst to many, Leonard Nimoy invented the Vulcan salute in Star Trek as an expression of his Jewish heritage.