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Wednesday, March 04, 2015
Leonard Nimoy, 1931-2015
Leonard Nimoy sat down with the Wexler Oral History Project last year, his
impressive Yiddish skills on full display
. In this video, Nimoy describes the origin of his famous
Star Trek
hand greeting: the Jewish priestly blessing, or
duchening
.
—by
Miriam Krule
,
Brow Beat: Slate's culture blog
2/27/2015
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