William Shatner Shares His Memories of Growing Up Jewish.

1p, measuring 7.25" x 10.5", no place, no date. Signed by the famed Star Trek actor, "William Shatner / Capt. Kirk Proud Jew." A short essay, with Shatner describing his happy memories of growing up Jewish. Composed on his personal embossed stationery, he 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 of it. 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 - they came from the Austria-Hungary and Russian Empires - location of present day Ukraine and Lithuania. Third - during my childhood - the menorah stood somewhere on the mantelpiece - it was silver and black from use no matter how often it was polished - it stood there until used and then it was used with great reverence. Fourth, my mother standing over the 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 those potato pancakes with applesauce and the family crowding around eating the pancakes is a memory that is indelible. / Happy Chanukah." Very fine condition.

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