Leonard Nimoy

From the Archive: Leonard Nimoy’s ‘Mapplethorpe’ moment

In 2002, the actor best known for his role on “Star Trek,” generated a small storm with his black-and-white photographs of women clad in nothing but prayer shawls and tefillin.

By Julie Wiener March 3, 2015 12:01 pm

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Behind those pointy ears, a ‘nice, earnest Jewish boy’

In 1991, JTA’s Tom Tugend sat down with Leonard Nimoy at his Bel Air home to discuss the actor’s flexibly Orthodox upbringing, his stints in the Yiddish theater and the “Star Trek” role with which he would become synonymous.

March 2, 2015 2:44 pm

WATCH: Leonard Nimoy explains Spock’s salute

In a video, Leonard Nimoy explain the Jewish origins of the famed gesture.

February 27, 2015 2:30 pm

Leonard Nimoy, actor who played Spock on ‘Star Trek,’ dead at 83

February 27, 2015 1:45 pm

The Jewish stars of ‘Star Trek’ shill for VW

By Julie Wiener September 29, 2014 5:35 pm

Jewish celebrities react, debate in the wake of the Colorado theater shooting

By Uri Fintzy July 23, 2012 3:30 pm

Thursday Listicles!

By Jewz Newton January 19, 2012 3:07 pm

Judge who ruled Holocaust a fact dies

By Tom Tugend January 1, 2012 2:20 pm

Nazi Star Trek episode finally broadcast on German TV

By Uri Fintzy November 8, 2011 4:10 pm

Nimoy narrates film about historic synagogue

By Rachel Tepper October 27, 2009 4:31 pm

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