Live Long and Prosper: The Jewish Story Behind Spock | Yiddish Book Center
The Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project
•
5m 26s
Leonard Nimoy - Jewish actor best known for his role as Spock on the Star Trek science fiction series - explains the Jewish story behind the hand-gesture he made famous through his role as Spock in the Star Trek science fiction series.
The Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project is a growing collection of in-depth interviews with people of all ages and backgrounds, whose stories provide a deeper understanding of the Jewish experience. Since 2010, the Project has recorded more than 1,000 video oral history interviews about the legacy and changing nature of Yiddish language and culture.
Directed by Amanda Lundquist and Christa P. Whitney
5 Minutes
Up Next in The Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project
-
Leonard Nimoy’s Mame-loshn: A Yiddish...
Yes, Leonard Nimoy speaks Yiddish. Learn more about Leonard (Leyb) Nimoy from his Jewish roots in Boston's heymish West End neighborhood to his brief stint working with famous Yiddish theatre maven Maurice Schwartz in these video highlights from the Wexler Oral History Project's interview with t...
-
What's the Matter with the Klezmer? T...
Peter "Klezmer Fats" Sokolow likes the “real sound”—the Jewish sound. But how many musicians are left who appreciate klezmer music as an art form and not a nostalgic artifact? In this short film, Sokolow retells his compelling life story, from growing up the son of a musician in New York, to perf...
-
Ida Maze: The "Den Mother" of Yiddish...
Born in Belarus in 1893, Ida Maze came to Montreal with her family when she was a girl and soon began writing lyric poetry, much of it for children, which was published in books as well as in Yiddish journals and newspapers. Maze was also deeply involved in cultural activities in Montreal’s Jewis...
