Superman’s connection to Judaism was always there. As Tye recounts in his book, Superman’s creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster were childhood friends in Glenville, a predominantly Jewish neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio. Their parents were Eastern European immigrants from the shtetl. Glenville boasted twenty-five Orthodox synagogues — living there during the 1930s was like living in Israel today. Whether one was observant or not, you breathed a Jewish environment simply by being there.
via A nice Jewish boy from planet Krypton | The Times of Israel.
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Joel L. Watts holds a Masters of Arts from United Theological Seminary with a focus in literary and rhetorical criticism of the New Testament. His interests include exploring the role of mimesis in human civilization, specifically in the study of religion and media, as well as science fiction and the way in which it has allowed mythology to be explored in light of scientific discoveries of the past century. He is the author of Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark: Introduction and Commentary (Wipf and Stock, 2013) and a co-editor and contributor to From Fear to Faith: Stories of Hitting Spiritual Walls (Energion, 2013).
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So what?
So nothing. Just attempting to drive some people crazy.
First of all, I don’t think George Reeves committed suicide. He was my hero when I was a kid, and I was shocked when he died. I think there was some doubt about it being suicide, a jealous lover, or a jealous husband. On a lighter side, as for Superman being Jewish, I wonder how he would be circumcised? Don’t think kryptonite would work. Kryptonite would only be anti-viagra.
hahahahhahahahaha
on the other hand, Superman was circumcised on Krypton – before he was charged by the yellow sun.
Just saying…
Only if he was >8 days old when he landed on earth. Only Lois knows for sure. And she’s not telling.
true enough. but… I really don’t even to think about Superman’s sidekick