#Even with the complexity added to the Ferengi- notably by Shimerman and other DS9 cast members- its still an ambivalent depiction | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

bijoumikhawal · 8 months ago

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Hm. I have dealt with antisemitic star trek fans, but given the times we live in and the recency of this post, as well as me not hearing of any recent major events about antisemitism in Trek fandom, let me check OPs blog real quick

Ah.

Anyway- DS9 intentionally paralleled the Occupation of Bajor with both the Holocaust and the Nakba, among other things, and one of the cast members who remarked on the similarity of Bajorans to Palestinians was Armin Shimerman, who is himself Jewish.

#cipher talk #Star Trek has an ambivalent relationship to Judaism imo honestly #It is true that Nimoy put a lot of Judaism into Spock #But uh. The Ferengi. Who are not only coded in ways that relate to Jews but also Chinese people and Muslims #Even with the complexity added to the Ferengi- notably by Shimerman and other DS9 cast members- its still an ambivalent depiction #Like. A lot of the complexity was added by individual Ferengi being at odds with their culture and accepting Federation ideas #Which I think speaks to how a lot of the Jewish writers and actors on DS9 aren't religious and how secular American Jews #Often regard religious American Jews- especially Orthodox Jews. Which I've already said I feel impacted how Kai Winn was portrayed #(Specifically the choice to associate the word 'Orthodox' with terrorism and assassination)#and how an ambivalent view of religion- sometimes leaning negative- also furthers this view of Judaism

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