http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trekjews/ Jewish Themes in Star Trek Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:46:03 GMT Rabbi Yonassan Gershom http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trekjews/message/22 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trekjews/message/22 Rabbi Yonassan Gershom (owner of the TrekJews list you signed up for) recently appeared in the following 2007 documentary, which you can now view for free on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 14:58:40 GMT yonassan gershom http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trekjews/message/21 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trekjews/message/21 Season's greetings, fellow Trekkers! It's been three years since I first posted about my book, "Jewish Themes in Star Trek." Can you believe there are still Thu, 23 Nov 2006 20:45:07 GMT http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trekjews/message/20 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trekjews/message/20 Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the trekjews group: Rabbi Gershom, author of Jewish Themes in Star Trek," is looking into the Fri, 08 Sep 2006 04:19:06 GMT yonassan gershom http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trekjews/message/19 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trekjews/message/19 To all my fellow Trekkers: Just a quick note to tell you that the entire Animated Series -- all 22 episodes -- will be released on a 4-DVD set on November 21. Wed, 12 Apr 2006 17:19:09 GMT Rabbi Yonassan Gershom http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trekjews/message/18 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trekjews/message/18 Greetings fellow Trekkers! Tonight is the beginning of Passover, the 8-day Jewish holiday that commemorates the journey of the Jewish people from Egyptian Sun, 25 Sep 2005 14:10:47 GMT yonassan gershom http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trekjews/message/17 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trekjews/message/17 Shalom/peace to everyone: If you have been following the news about hurricanes Katrina and Rita, you know that thousands of people and animals were stranded Thu, 16 Jun 2005 16:47:23 GMT Rabbi Yonassan Gershom http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trekjews/message/16 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trekjews/message/16 Greetings, fellow Trekkers! For this edition of the Trekjews newsletter, I will explore Spock's vegetarianism as a possible metaphor for kashrut (the Jewish Wed, 13 Apr 2005 00:20:18 GMT Rabbi Yonassan Gershom http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trekjews/message/15 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trekjews/message/15 In what Star Trek movie can you hear a character speak Yiddish? Answer: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Really! In this movie, as you will recall, the Fri, 18 Feb 2005 14:08:37 GMT Rabbi Yonassan Gershom http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trekjews/message/14 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trekjews/message/14 Greetings, fellow Trekkers! In the Dec/04 issue of the Trekjews newsletter, I discussed the 2003 novel, "Well of Souls," which features the clearly Jewish Thu, 20 Jan 2005 03:05:20 GMT Rabbi Yonassan Gershom http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trekjews/message/13 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trekjews/message/13 Greetings, fellow Trekkers -- The long-promised website, trekjews.com, is finally up and running. (There are some advantages to living here in siberial Wed, 29 Dec 2004 15:41:59 GMT Rabbi Yonassan Gershom http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trekjews/message/12 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trekjews/message/12 Greetings, fellow Trekkers! At long last, there is a definitely Jewish character in the Star Trek universe -- if you include the novels, that is. As we all Wed, 15 Sep 2004 20:10:16 GMT Rabbi Yonassan Gershom http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trekjews/message/11 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trekjews/message/11 Dear fellow Trekkers: Tonight (Weds. September 15) marks the beginning of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. (It's 5765 on our calendar.) For those of you Wed, 04 Aug 2004 18:29:20 GMT Rabbi Yonassan Gershom http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trekjews/message/10 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trekjews/message/10 Greetings, fellow Trekkers! I hope someone out there can help me solve a mystery: In David Alexander's official biography of Gene Roddenberry, "Star Trek Mon, 07 Jun 2004 14:09:03 GMT yonassan gershom http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trekjews/message/9 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trekjews/message/9 My apologies for the typos in that last mailing. In re-formatting for the email, some letters at the beginnings of words dropped out when I removed the "hard Fri, 04 Jun 2004 13:32:11 GMT Rabbi Yonassan Gershom http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trekjews/message/8 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trekjews/message/8 (This is the Trekjews newsletter you signed up for on Rabbi Gershom's website, rabbigershom.com or on Yahoo! Groups.) Dear fellow Trekkers: It's been a while