Years ago I read an interview with Leonard Nimoy. They of course talked about his role in Star Trek playing Spock. The interviewer asked where the “live long and prosper” hand symbol came from. Nimoy said that he had seen it during a Jewish religious ceremony when he was a boy, it’s a blessing of some kind. He felt that he wasn’t supposed to see it, but modified it to be a Valcan symbol. Everybody I tell this to doesn’t believe me and I wish that I had copied the interview. Now I have proof. I saw this on the community hall of a Jewish temple down in Portland, OR. Now do you believe me? At least Wikipedia agrees with me. I’ll step out of geek mode now.
