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As delivered, it was well received. There was some general amusement at the concept, until the host explained that he had asked me to do this, not as a joke, but as an extension of the idea that this ceremony was being conducted in every corner of the world, in every language spoken on the planet. The exercise in Klingon was to express the idea that the ideas and the ceremony are what bind Jews together, not the words themselves.
I think he offered me (especially as I am not Jewish) a singular honor, and I thank him for it. I also thank those on this list who helped me do at least a semi-creditable job.
'etlhqengwI'
(vuDmeywIjvaD jIngoy' jiH'e')