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JewCE 2024: Batman at 85

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Celebrate the Dark Knight’s 85th anniversary with comics industry legends Jordan B. Gorfinkel (former Batman group editor at DC, ideator of “No Man’s Land,” creator of Birds of Prey, writer of the Passover Haggadah Graphic Novel), Athena Finger (granddaughter of Batman’s co-creator Bill Finger), writer Danny Fingeroth (Marvel Comics group editor), and art historian N. C. Christopher Couch. Learn the secrets behind the cowl, including whether Batman actually is Jewish! Moderated by JewCE’s Roy Schwartz.

JewCe 2023: Jewish Superheroes Through the Ages!

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To go along with the Jewish Comics Experience exhibition, JewCE held a convention with numerous panels highlighting the history of comics and it connection to Jewish culture and history. Taking place in November, the convention has now released all of the panels for streaming and to watch on demand.

From Superman’s Jewish metaphor to the Thing’s “conversion” to Judaism to Kitty Pryde’s proud Jewishness to Harley Quinn’s, um, whatever’s going on there—Jewish context, themes, and identity have been part of superheroes from the very start. Join moderator Roy Schwartz and industry superstars Frank Miller, Brian Michael Bendis (via Zoom), Dean Haspiel, and E. Lockhart for a lively discussion on the history and meaning of super mensches and maidels!

Watch Jewish Superheroes Through the Ages now!

JewCE 2023: Jewish Roots of the Comic Industry

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To go along with the Jewish Comics Experience exhibition, JewCE held a convention with numerous panels highlighting the history of comics and it connection to Jewish culture and history. Taking place in November, the convention has now released all of the panels for streaming and to watch on demand.

Superman and Batman were created by the children of eastern European Jewish immigrants! So were the Avengers and the X-Men! And the genre of non-superhero graphic novels like Maus was also largely jumpstarted by creators of similar backgrounds. Today, Hebraic historians discuss the Jewish roots of comics, maybe, along the way, dispelling some of the creation myths that have been passed down through time. Join Arie Kaplan (From Krakow to Krypton), Roy Schwartz (Is Superman Circumcised?), Simcha Weinstein (Up, Up and Oy Vey!) and moderator Danny Fingeroth (Disguised as Clark Kent) as they dig deep into comics’ Genesis.

Watch Jewish Roots of the Comic Industry now!