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Leonard Nimoy on Judaism, Spock and Spirituality March 04, 2015
After 83 years on this planet, Leonard Nimoy has been called home; beamed up, perhaps, to some place beyond the stars. The man known as the half-human, half-Vulcan Mr. Spock truly felt comfortable as the loner, the alien. The son of Orthodox Jewish immigrants, he grew up in a largely Catholic neighborhood in Boston, where he fell in love with the strangeness and mystery of Jewish rituals. He went on to base his Vulcan hand salute and "Live Long and Prosper" on a Jewish blessing he remembered from synagogue.

He spoke to Nadine Epstein, editor of Moment Magazine, in 2012.

Leonard Nimoy, photographer, film director, poet and actor