William Shatner autograph essay signed ''William Shatner / Capt. Kirk Proud Jew'', with Shatner describing his happy memories of growing up Jewish. Composed on his personal embossed stationery, Shatner writes about ''Some Hanukkah Memories'', in full, ''First of all I'd like to say I recently released a Holiday album - I was going to call it 'Dreidel Dreidel' but then I thought better. Maybe I should have - maybe.



I was born in the Notre Dame de Grace neighborhood of Montreal Quebec Canada to a Conservative Jewish family - my Paternal Grandfather 'Wolfe Schattner' anglicized his family name to Shatner. All four of my grandparents were immigrants from the Austria-Hungary and Russian Empires - location of present day Ukraine and Lithuania.



Third during my childhood - the menorah sat in its place on the mantelpiece - it was silver and black from use no matter how often it was polished - it sat on the ledge until it was used - and then it was used with great reverence.



Fourth - my mother standing over a frying pan, pouring in a mixture of potatoes - ground-up potatoes into the sizzling fat - the oil - and frying up potato pancakes. The memory of potato pancakes with applesauce and the whole family standing around eating pancakes is a memory that is indelible. / Happy Hanukkah / William Shatner / Capt. Kirk a Proud Jew''. Single page measures 7.25'' x 10.5''. Near fine condition.