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Mindy Newell: The Great Hate
ByMindy Newell October 3, 2016

I did a little bit of research for today’s column just to make sure I had my facts right, Googling “Jewish influence on comic books” in honor of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. There were 509,000 hits, from Den of Geek’s Mensch of Steel: Superman’s Jewish Roots to the Daily Beast’s Superman is Jewish?:…

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MINDY NEWELL: “Superman? He Must Be Jewish!”
ByMindy Newell January 30, 2012

“I am a stranger in a strange land.” As Superman zooms down into the torrent of Niagara Falls to save that dumb kid who is falling into the torrential waters of Niagara Falls, we hear an off-screen female voice – whom I’ve always imagined as Rob Reiner’s mother – saying: “He must be Jewish.” It’s…

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