Articles written by Cali Halperin

Cali Halperin|Nov 1, 2019

Over the past decade, comic books and superheroes have become a staple for mainstream pop culture. But did you know that they are super Jewish? The industry was created by Jews who were prevented from working at American newspapers in the 1930s by anti-Semitic quotas. And these creators did not shy away from their Jewishness, taking on Jewish issues like the Holocaust and domestic anti-Semitism through their art. With the rising popularity of the industry, more and more Jewish superheroes were...