{"id":10017,"date":"2015-02-27T19:10:35","date_gmt":"2015-02-28T03:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=10017"},"modified":"2015-02-27T19:10:35","modified_gmt":"2015-02-28T03:10:35","slug":"perfect-moments-can-be-had-but-not-preserved-except-in-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=10017","title":{"rendered":"Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5036\" src=\"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/userpicstar_trek.jpg\" alt=\"userpic=star_trek\" width=\"92\" height=\"95\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" \/>The big big news today has been the passing of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment\/la-et-leonard-nimoy-dies-83-20150227-storygallery.html\">Leonard Nimoy<\/a>. Nimoy was the touchstone of multiple generations as a result of the iconic character he created &#8212; and how he fought so valiantly against the Vietnam War and for the healthcare of children. Whoops. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Benjamin_Spock\">Wrong Spock<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Seriously, Nimoy was much much more than the character he created. He was a long-time supporter of Yiddish and the Yiddish Theatre, and excelled in multiple artistic venues. As we remember that &#8220;pointy eared Vulcan&#8221;, let us also remember the other sides of Nimoy. Here&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/tabletmag.com\/scroll\/189323\/leonard-nimoy-on-spock-yiddish-theater-and-the-vulcan-symbols-jewish-inspiration?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+tabletmag+%28Tablet+Magazine%29\">a great article from Tribute that recalls Nimoy&#8217;s recent interview for the Stars of David book, and how Judaism and Yiddishkeit influenced his life and the characters he portrayed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>P.S.: I love the quote that titles this post, which was Nimoy&#8217;s last communication. It so reflects why theatre is so important in life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The big big news today has been the passing of Leonard Nimoy. Nimoy was the touchstone of multiple generations as a result of the iconic character he created &#8212; and how he fought so valiantly against the Vietnam War and for the healthcare of children. Whoops. Wrong Spock. Seriously, Nimoy was much much more than <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=10017\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[113],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10017"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10018,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10017\/revisions\/10018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}