Jews in Space
A friend e-mailed me a link to a site that I had not come across. It is trekjews.com, a site that discusses Jewish aspects of Star Trek. It is run by a Hasidic rabbi, who had just written a book entitled Jewish Themes in Star Trek (Where No Rabbi Has Gone Before!). He is currently looking for a publisher for the book.
Among the better parts of the site (a site that suffers from poor production value) is a page of links to other sites that discuss this topic. Apparently one of the hot button issues is whether the Ferengi are an antisemitic stereotype.
When I came across this, I couldn’t help but remember the closing scene in Mel Brooks’ History of the World: Part I. It was supposed to be a preview of Part II, and it depicted Jews flying around in space ships shaped like the Star of David. It had a great theme song:
We’re Jews, in outer space
We’re zippin’ along protecting the Hebrew race.