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	List of Jewish superheroes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Each of these characters are all three of the following (1) Jewish in practice, not just Jewish in background, (2) superheroes, and (3) primarily associated with comic books.
		Magneto (Marvel Comics) - born Jewish and as a boy was a Jewish prisoner at Auschwitz, but turned his back on his human ethnicity and religion and has for years only identified himself as a mutant.
		Scarlet Witch -- Wanda Maximoff -- self-identifies with the Roma, raised by Roma, her mother Magda was Roma, and an Auschwitz survivor, but her father Magneto was born Jewish.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Jewish_superheroes (410 words)

	Welcome to the History of Superheroes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Superheroes most often appear in comic books, and superhero stories are the dominant genre of American comic books, to the point that the terms "superhero" and "comic book character" are often used synonymously.
		Many of the earliest superheroes, such as The Sandman and The Clock, were rooted in the pulp fiction of their predecessors.
		By the early 1970s, the return of the superhero genre, the rise of television as the top medium for light entertainment and the Comics Code Authority’s effect on grittier genres obliterated genres such as westerns, romance, horror, war and crime while the superhero genre underwent a revival.
	www.historyofsuperheroes.com (4875 words)

	The religion of Dreidel Maidel
		They are not commonly recognized as actual characters primarily because only one issue of the comic is known to have been produced at this time.
		The early comic book creators were almost all Jewish, in a world of immigrants: the story of their lives was one of escaping from a destroyed world; fighting in their new world for truth, justice and the American way; having one identity at work and another identity in private.
		And the Jewish superheroes are drawn with classic muscle-rippling panache by Michael Netzer, who used to draw Spiderman, Batman and Wonder Woman before he became Orthodox and moved to Israel...
	www.adherents.com /lit/comics/DreidelMaidel.html (370 words)

	FORWARD : Forward 50 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Leading the list are a brace of politicians, thinkers and activists who have helped frame America's response to the threats, driving the administration's war policy or leading opposition to it, rallying support for beleaguered Israel and building new and unfamiliar alliances.
		Her biggest project, Advancing Women Professionals and the Jewish Community, backed by the Trust for Jewish Philanthropy, aims to help organizations level their playing fields at a time when Bronznick's statistics show that Jewish groups are falling behind universities, foundations and even corporations in moving women to the top.
		When she took the reins of the tiny American Jewish World Service in 1998, after her three-decade New York City political career ended with a failed mayoral run, Messinger acknowledged that she'd never considered a Jewish communal service career, and skeptics said she was just looking for a soft landing.
	www.forward.com /issues/2002/02.11.15/forward50.html (8784 words)

	The Fortress of Solitude
		Ostensibly many other superheroes look up to him for leadership, but if you really pay any attention to his band of followers you perceive immediately that they are all freaks, with lousy powers.
		In her memoir, published last year, The Scarlet Witch revealed that a substitute android had been created to fulfill a majority of The Vision's requests for public appearances, and claimed that toward the end of the marriage she had found it difficult to tell the two apart.
		Ragman is the poverty superhero, unable to afford a costume other than a big pile of rags.
	www.randomhouse.com /features/fortress/essay1.html (689 words)

	List of superheroines: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		The following is an alphabetical list of superheroine (superheroine: a superhero is a fictional character who is noted for feats of courage and nobility and...
		Comic book characters are proceeded by the publisher's name in parentheses, those only on television or in movies have their program listed in square brackets, those in both comic books and other mediums are in parentheses.
		Mary Marvel (Mary Marvel: mary marvel is a fictional character, a superhero derived from the dc comics...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/list_of_superheroines (1531 words)

	Jewish Comics Exhibit Notes
		The following is an alphabetical listing of comics which I lent to the New York City Comic Book Museum and the Manhattan Jewish Community Center for use in the joint exhibition "People of the Comic Book : Superheroes and Jewish Culture", which was held from Jan. 8 - March 11, 2004.
		For more information on Jewish superheroes and comic books with Jewish content, please feel free to e-mail me at safran-can@yahoo.com.
		To join a cyber-discussion on Jewish comics, please join the jewishcomics forum at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jewishcomics/ (anyone may browse the messages, but you must join to post messages of your own).
	www.geocities.com /hadassahfink/comicexhnotes.htm (1916 words)

	N-Philes Forums - Green Arrow to Battle HIV (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		From thwarting plans to take over the world to foiling vengeful assassinations, superheroes are no strangers to tackling seemingly impossible tasks.
		In 1992 indie comics publisher Image introduced ShadowHawk as the first superhero to have AIDS (he was injected with a syringe that contained the virus), but Speedy is the first mainstream hero to be diagnosed with the disease.
		Shadowcat is a Jewish X-woman with the power to phase through objects.
	www.n-philes.com /forums/showthread.php?t=6024 (1141 words)

	JEWISH COMICS: A SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
		She recalls (in flashback) Kristallnacht, the rounding up of Jewish families, the cattle cars, how her parents were beaten to death and how the camp commandant unsuccessfully tried to kill the remaining survivors of the camp shortly before it was liberated.
		Superheroes Hulk and Sabra continue their battle which takes them from the Israel Museum to the Western Wall to the golden dome.
		The neighborhood comes to the defense of their superhero, Ragman, during his battle with Batman (the superhero who is that city's primary crimefighter).
	www.geocities.com /safran-can/JWISHC.HTM (13576 words)

	HADASSAH MAGAZINE
		Today, there may be fewer Jewish comics creators than in the past, but they are still making their mark in what has become an American institution struggling for legitimacy.
		Nevertheless, the square-jawed superhero with a tendency to think with his fists and wear underwear on the outside of his clothes is firmly entrenched.
		As sequential art expands and matures, and as Jewish talents continue to have a hand in the development process, the list of Jewish characters and creators could go on —threading through comics much as the Jewish American experience threads through the entertainment industry.
	www.hadassah.org /news/content/per_hadassah/archive/2003/03_JUN/art.htm (2960 words)

	Kesher Talk: 07/21/2002 - 07/27/2002
		Actually, the Corner was taken up with extensive discussion of superheroes and which ones might have been Jewish.
		Jewish day schools offer the best of both secular and religious education and many are non-denominational.
		As the famed liberal attorney Alan Dershowitz has written many times, Jewish day school education is the key to Jewish continuity by giving world-class secular educations (much better than many public schools offer) and religious knowledge and values to be used in modern society.
	www.hfienberg.com /kesher/2002_07_21_kesher_archive.html (5626 words)

	Rishon Rishon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Try to imagine what will happen: At each European embassy, someone will be appointed to screen the list, name by name, and assess whether and to what extent the persons in question behave freely or speak out freely in public, to what extent they criticize the regime, or even whether they are former political prisoners.
		Lists will be shortened and deletions made, and this will frequently entail eliminating even good personal friends of the diplomats in charge of the screening, people whom they have given various forms of intellectual, political or material assistance.
		When we arrived, she would give the hotel management a list of our names and numbers (the same numbers as on our baggage) and they would use it to assign rooms, hand out keys, and bring the baggage to the correct destination.
	www.rishon-rishon.com /archives/2005_02.php (6501 words)

	List of superheroes: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
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		List of heroic fictional scientists and engineers (List of heroic fictional scientists and engineers: more facts about this subject)
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/list_of_superheroes (109 words)

	Holy Superheroes, Batman! \| The A.V. Club
		A detailed list of the religious affiliations of comic-book characters.
		Good to see that of the many Catholic superheroes, there is differentiation between the devout, like Nightcrawler, the apparently standard ones the ones that are actual or former clergy, and the lapsed.
		Or, in the case of Black Widow, who is listed as "Catholic; Communist atheist" there's a turn around for you.
	www.avclub.com /content/node/46056 (331 words)

	SparkNotes: “Twilight of the Superheroes”: Character List
		He works for a company that manufactures vacuum cleaners, a financially stable occupation.
		He is Jewish and a member of his local temple.
		Delphine is of Armenian decent and doesn’t think of herself as American.
	www.sparknotes.com /lit/twilight/characters.html (488 words)

	Up, up, and oy, vey! \| MetaFilter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		February 5, 2005 7:28 PM "After unknowingly eating an atomic matzah that was accidentally baked in a microwave oven with radioactive water, she was surprised to learn that she could fly..." Take your radioactive spiders and your gamma bombs and shove them up your tuchus.
		The Jewish one in C.O.C. was Sabra "Like the spiny pear that is the symbol of the Israeli people from which I derive my name -- I am harsh to my enemies...
		I didn't know Neil Gaiman was Jewish until those links, but I liked his inspiration for Death in the Sandman series: "I once read that you die because you see the Angel of Death, and you fall in love.
	www.metafilter.com /mefi/39326 (2666 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		The main requirement for the Superhero Party is that you must come dressed as either a superhero or a super-villian.
		There is a list of DC characters, as well as one for Marvel.
		There is a list of superheroines, as well as superhero teams and groups, and even a list of Jewish superheroes.
	thm.askee.net /party/superhero (375 words)

	Inland Empress: Have glue gun, will travel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Today marked the Jewish holiday of Purim, which celebrates one of the few times in our history we escaped genocide.
		There were quite a few superheroes in the mix -- at least in keeping with the theme, if not the exact story.
		Late 30s Jewish punk rock biker has a baby and quits her job to be a SAHM.
	dadtalk.typepad.com /inlandempress/2005/03/have_glue_gun_w.html (750 words)

	IGN: Building the Ultimate Bookshelf
		If so, write in and tell us so we can assemble a list of reader suggestions.
		Check the list and hopefully you'll find some new reading material for the fall.
		In fact, we could (and will) have a list of the best of all time.
	comics.ign.com /articles/646/646012p1.html (1059 words)

	Jewish and Israel News from New York - The Jewish Week
		For in-demand Israeli illustrator up for a big industry award,the quintessentially Jewish genre has colored his world.
		Hanuka and his twin brother were infatuated with the chromatic bursts on the pages, with Superman’s blue cape and Spiderman’s red suit.
		They were also taken with the world the comic books offered, a world of superheroes and arch-villains.
	www.thejewishweek.com /news/newscontent.php3?artid=9566 (1276 words)

	JOKES - Page 1 - Jewish Jokes - because we all need some fun in our lives - check out HBH for jokes, music, games, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		A Jewish gangster escapes from a shootout with the police and staggers in to his mothers apartment on the lower East Side.
		A Jewish lady's grandson is playing in the water, she is standing on the beach not wanting to get her feet wet, when all of a sudden, a huge wave appears from nowhere and crashes directly over the spot where the boy is wading.
		An elderly Jewish man has just moved to a new town, when he is taken ill and decides that he needs to see a doctor.
	www.harryc.com /j-jokes901.htm (11747 words)

	PooterGeek » Blog Archive » My Son The Midfielder
		He was born in Essex, home to one of the biggest Jewish populations in the UK.
		He named his son Brooklyn which is of course, one of the biggest Jewish areas of New York.
		Perhaps another indication that Beckham is not Jewish is that he is not renowned for that particularly Jewish quality, a sense of humour.
	www.pootergeek.com /?p=1565 (663 words)

	Archive of fictional things (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		This is a (theoretically) all-encompassing list of fictional things created in the media.
		Due to the length of this archive, some things have been listed in multiple places for ease of reference.
		List of gay, lesbian, or bisexual figures in fiction and myth
	www.info-pedia.net /about/archive_of_fictional_things (324 words)

	Moderate Muslims Seek Foothold in U.S.
		Several of the new groups are reaching out to the Jewish community, a development that stands in stark relief against the backdrop of long-standing hostility between established American Jewish and Muslim organizations.
		Some echo the criticisms made by Jewish organizations, which often have had a hostile relationship to the existing Muslim groups, accusing them of being cozy with anti-Israel extremists or of failing to condemn Palestinian terrorism.
		Some skeptics have noted that the list of honorees consists largely of fierce foes of Israel, such as far-left scholars Noam Chomsky and Norman Finkelstein.
	www.forward.com /articles/3327 (1694 words)

	Religion of Comic Book Characters (esp. Super-Heroes)
		These are writers who take their stories beyond stereotypical superheroic fisticuffs and explore fascinating, more complex themes and deeper aspects of their characters.
		Comic book writers notable for their regular and insightful use of religious themes in their stories include writers who are Christian, Jewish, Hindu, agnostic, atheist, etc. These writers differ in their religious beliefs and backgrounds, but they are united in their desire to write more realistic, more human, more meaningful stories.
		One of the few places in mainstream comics where a large number of major superheroes have been explicitly identified as religious was in Marvel's Infinity Crusade #1 (June 1993).
	www.adherents.com /lit/comics/comic_book_religion.html (1900 words)

	The Volokh Conspiracy - It was actually Parkerstein, until they made him change it:
		Well, probably not, but in the long tradition of Jews claiming to find Jewish connections everywhere, I thought I'd bring this up.
		UPDATE: Jacob Levy passes along this list of Jewish superheroes, and The Spoons Experience e-mails me a couple -- but if you check the list, you see that it proves my point.
		Maybe that means that all the big -man superheroes are Jewish.
	volokh.com /posts/1090853153.shtml (234 words)

	Index to Comic Art Collection: "Jewish" to "Jhonful"
		The Blank in the Comics strip collection includes a file of one or more daily comic strips related to this keyword or topic.
		Besides the characters listed here, there is a Jewish Nazi-hunter in the South Pacific in the album Allaïve : un Môme de Perdu, and a retired Jewish boxer in the second story of the album Joe's Bar.
		For works about Jewish characters in comics, see Jews in Comic Books, Strips, Etc.
	www.lib.msu.edu /comics/rri/jrri/jewish.htm (2234 words)

	The Volokh Conspiracy - -
		Likewise, copying a sender's message when replying to the whole list is almost certainly implicitly licensed; the same is true of copying the message to a separate folder on your computer, or printing it out for your physical files.
		If the list is small, then the post might be seen as unpublished, and the fair use claim would be much weaker.
		But the Canadian Jewish Congress argued to the commission that al-Jazeera has disseminated anti-Semitic hate speech, providing a platform for "hatemongers" and broadcasting "stereotypical characterizations of Jews that resort to classic Judeophobic themes such as the image of the Jews an alien, evil, world-dominating conspiratorial force," according to commission records.
	volokh.com /archives/archive_2004_07_21.shtml (13656 words)

	The religion of Yarmulkah Youth
		Yarmulkah Youth: "The Capped Crusader" has a belt full of trick Yarmulkahs, including a Yamarang, a radio, Bullet-proof handshields, a parachute and many more.
		...Another new title for kids, The Jewish Hero Corps (Electric Comics, www.jewishsu perhero.com), created by Oirich, will be out in August.
		The Corps' super team includes Minyan Man, who can duplicate himself 10 times; Kipa Kid, known as the Capped Crusader; and Shabbas Queen, whose wand causes electric objects to "rest"...
	www.adherents.com /lit/comics/YarmulkahYouth.html (346 words)

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