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[skygiants]

I wrote a series of Deep Space Nine ficlets about space Jews for the Purimgifts exchange this year, which was an interesting experience because a.) it's definitely the most Jewish fic I've written, including the year I wrote Fiddler on the Roof fic and b.) I tend to forget that many people don't necessarily know things like 'who is Queen Vashti' or 'what is a Purimshpil.' Which doesn't really matter, because these fics are unashamedly written for the people who do know those things, and that's fine. But it was an interesting experience nonetheless.

Anyway: Space Jews Celebrating Space Purim. I have accidentally given myself a lot of Jewish Star Trek headcanons now. Anyone want to talk to me about Starfleet Academy Hillel?

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[ghost_lingering]

These are delightful and Bashir is such an awkward turtle, at least in the first one. And Rom and Leeta! <3

I am curious though what Trek thing happened that Vulcan Jews exist? (Are they canon?) Also curious if Otara and Purim being similar is simply coincidence or if there is some kind of time-travel/alternate dimension/Q thing involved there as well?

[skygiants]

Thank you! :D

They are totally not canon, they are a thing I 100% made up -- partly because of the Jewish stuff that Nimoy took for his portrayal of Spock, and partly just because it made me happy. I don't know what the explanation is for them either (a mystery! or a miracle!) but I have decided they do exist now and nobody can tell me otherwise.

As far as Otara and Purim being similar though, in my head that's just coincidence -- they're not actually all that similar in my head, Saintly Women Winning Over Secular Worldly Leaders is a theme across a couple religions I think, so I didn't think it was that much of a stretch to give Bajor a holiday based on a similar-enough story to get them talking. But if Bashir had done more listening and less mansplaining (sorry Bashir) he probably would have heard about lots more differences!