Masters of the Universe: Revelation
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Oct 10, 2018 · Shatner, best known for playing Captain Kirk in “Star Trek,” said kids would pick fights with him every day because he is Jewish. He developed the nickname “Toughie” because of it all.
Shatner was born in Côte Saint-Luc, Montréal, Québec, Canada, to Anne (Garmaise) and Joseph Shatner, a clothing manufacturer. His father was a Jewish emigrant from Bukovina in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, while his maternal grandparents were Lithuanian Jews.
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- March 22, 1931
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- Forming The Future
- Still Trekkin’
The creator of Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry, was not Jewish–though his two initial co-writers, Bob Justman and Herb Solow, were. Several episodes were influenced by the specter of the Holocaust, which, in the mid-1960s, was still relatively recent: In “The City on the Edge of Forever,” Kirk, Spock, and Dr. McCoy travel back in time to the first days...
Trek and Roddenberry both came to prominence in the mid-1960s, a decade where the rules–social, philosophical, and religious–were being rewritten. When Star Trekstarted, it was popularly labeled as an escapist fantasy, though it quickly developed a cult following. Roddenberry and its stars molded the show, in both subtle and explicit ways, with the...
Both Shatner and Nimoy went on to formidable acting careers, although neither has been able to shed their Star Trek persona completely. Notably, both Shatner and Nimoy’s post-Trek work has involved significant contributions to Jewish culture. Nimoy, now a photographer, took a series of photographs in 2002 called “Shekhina” (Jewish mysticism’s word ...
Mar 18, 2024 · After his sub-orbital trip on Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin in Oct. 2021, Shatner touched back to terra firma with a deep feeling of grief. Having observed Earth from above he was struck with the...
Oct 27, 2021 · The 90 year old Jewish actor became the oldest supersonic traveler as he rockets to the edge of space on Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin. William Shatner (as Captain Kirk) was among the four passengers on Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket, on Oct. 13.
Mar 24, 2016 · At the helm of the Starship Enterprise were two Jews: William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. Coincidence brought them together as actors, but they shared the same history as descendants of Jews who fled Eastern Europe to escape anti-Semitism and find a better life in North America.
Sep 26, 2021 · The grandson of Wolf Schattner who immigrated to Montreal from eastern Europe is about to go where no elderly Jewish guy has gone before: William Shatner, who turned 90 last March, is going...
