Shekhina
by Leonard Nimoy, Donald Kuspit

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Book Review: A Shock from Spock
Summary: 1 Stars

Just a few years ago Leonard Nemoy began to make his mark on the Jewish community by returning to his ancestral heritage. It seemded like an awakening. Leonard Nemoy went from being Dr. Spock of Star Trek, to a Jewish philosopher. Partly due to his background and partly to his showbiz acumen, he became popular with Jewish educational causes, narrated tapes and videos, and wrote inspirational articles. His name evoked the idea of the modern Jew who had "made it" but was "coming back". He became a source of encouragement to many seekers of Jewish tradition. Perhaps this is why I automatically ordered his new book - (before I saw the cover.)

It's a big dissapointment. No, a huge one.

In his book he denigrates the values of millions of traditonal Jews for whom the wearing of religious items like Tefillin is accompanied with a premium value for modesty. No religiously observant Jewish male (let alone a woman,) would ever pray wear religious articles like Tefillin while thus scantily clothed, let alone naked. In his bastardization of his knowledge of Jewish values, Nemoy makes a mockery of the Jewish tradition of his forefathers who are themselves orthodox Jews. And takes advantage of those who respected his sincerity and were inspired by it.

This book reflects a man who at the age of 71 is acting like a teen upstart rebel, seeking to assert his importance and grasping for attention, rather than seeking higher values, and a deeper meaning in life as would be expected of a thinker growing in maturity.

As far as a morally challengen male readership, the book is short on lechery. And I fail to grasp which feminine audience he is reaching out to; the Shechina herself, G-d presence, will certainly flee from it, tradional women will see it a sacrilage, maybe, just maybe, some motorcycle babes who are into strapping black leather....

Noone honestly seeking spiritual enlighnment will bother with this piece from Nemoy. It is not even worth putting in the Geniza. Awful choice for Dr. Spock.

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