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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 423

William Shatner

FILE - Glen de Vries, right, takes a look as William Shatner, left, shows what rocket lift off did to his face during a media availability at the spaceport near Van Horn, Texas, Oct. 13, 2021 (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
November 13, 2021, 8:04 am
Man who went to space with William Shatner dies in plane crash
Glen M. de Vries killed along with another person when small plane crashes; last month he took a 10-minute flight to the edge of space aboard Blue Origin spacecraft with actor
By AP
William Shatner (left), with Jeff Bezos, at the end of his space voyage, October 13, 2021 (CBS screenshot)
October 13, 2021, 7:24 pm
Kirk crosses final frontier: Shatner hails ‘most profound experience’ in space
After flying on Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket, becoming oldest man ever to leave Earth, Jewish actor who taught many to dream of the stars tears up over his ‘unbelievable’ trip
By AP and ToI Staff
This undated photo made available by Blue Origin in October 2021 shows, from left, Chris Boshuizen, William Shatner, Audrey Powers and Glen de Vries. Their launch was scheduled for October 13, 2021. (Blue Origin via AP)
October 13, 2021, 11:41 am
At 90, William Shatner heads to final frontier
Actor, who played commander of Starship Enterprise, set to launch Wednesday on Blue Origin rocket for a ten-minute ride to space, where no one of his age has gone before
By Marcia Dunn and RICK TABER
William Shatner participates in the 'William Shatner Spotlight' panel at C2E2 at McCormick Place, on Sunday, March 1, 2020, in Chicago. (Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP)
September 26, 2021, 4:35 pm
William Shatner, at 90, set to boldly go to space
Over 50 years since he first piloted the Starship Enterprise, Jewish-Canadian actor will reportedly take a real-life trip off-planet aboard Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket ship
By ToI Staff
William Shatner participates in the 'William Shatner Spotlight' panel at C2E2 at McCormick Place, on Sunday, March 1, 2020, in Chicago. (Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP)
March 23, 2021, 11:08 am
William Shatner to be immortalized in AI video for 90th birthday
The Jewish actor has created an AI version of himself through StoryFile, an interactive storytelling app, so that he can speak to future generations
By ToI Staff
William Shatner speaking at a “Star Trek” conference at the Javits Center in New York, Sept. 4, 2016. (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images via JTA)
November 29, 2018, 7:31 am
William Shatner doesn’t include Hanukkah song on new Christmas album
Opening up about his childhood holiday memories, Jewish icon says he regrets leaving out ‘Dreidel, Dreidel’
By Josefin Dolsten
William Shatner attends night one of the Television Academy's 2018 Creative Arts Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, in Los Angeles. (Photo by John Salangsang/Invision/AP)
October 10, 2018, 4:14 am
William Shatner experienced ‘a great deal of anti-Semitism’ growing up
Star Trek actor says he was often in fights as a kid in Montreal because he was Jewish, and the discrimination continued at McGill University
By JTA
Henry Winkler (L) and William Shatner in 'Better Late Than Never' (NBC/YouTube screenshot)
August 20, 2016, 10:21 am
The Fonz, Kirk set off on madcap Asian road trip
Henry Winkler, William Shatner and other senior celebrities team up in new globe-trotting reality show
By ToI Staff
William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk from the television program Star Trek. (NBC Television/Wikipedia/public domain)
June 28, 2016, 5:33 am
When Captain Kirk slugged it out with Jesus
A new history of the Star Trek franchise reveals the plot of a rejected early script by series creator Gene Roddenberry that doesn’t shy away from theological questions
By ToI Staff
William Shatner arrives at the NBC Universal Summer Press Day at The Langham Huntington Hotel in Pasadena, Calif, April, 2015. Shatner first swaggered onto the bridge of the starship Enterprise in 1966. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
May 13, 2016, 11:33 pm
William Shatner looks at 50 years of Star Trek
‘Each year, it looked like we were going to be canceled,’ actor who played Captain Kirk recalls of legendary show’s early days
By DAVID FISCHER
Leonard Nimoy, right, and William Shatner pose Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2006, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)
March 16, 2016, 10:58 pm
Captain Kirk says the real Mr. Spock ‘lived long and prospered’
In new book, William Shatner pays tribute to his USS Enterprise first officer and longtime friend Leonard Nimoy
By Lisa Klug
Leonard Nimoy (left) and William Shatner in a 'Star Trek' poster, 1968 (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)
February 12, 2016, 5:44 pm
Kirk and Spock bonded over real life anti-Semitism
In a new book, William Shatner says his longtime friend and colleague Leonard Nimoy was profoundly affected by anti-Jewish sentiment
By ToI Staff
Leonard Nimoy (left) and William Shatner in a 'Star Trek' poster, 1968 (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)
September 30, 2014, 4:14 am
The Jewish stars of ‘Star Trek’ shill for VW
William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy to plug car for automaker that cooperated with Nazis
By Julie Wiener
Leonard Nimoy (left) and William Shatner in a 'Star Trek' poster, 1968 (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)
May 2, 2014, 6:47 am
‘Captain Kirk’ honored by NASA
Canadian actor William Shatner receives space agency’s highest civilian award
By Yifa Yaakov
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