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SUMMARY:Workshop with Jennifer Caplan\, ""For Jor-El So Loved The World...:  Jews and Comic Books from Superman to Sabra"
DESCRIPTION:This workshop will engage participants in discussion about the Jewish identity of various superheroes from DC and Marvel Comics. Some\, like Kitty Pryde and Sabra\, have been Jewish since their inception. Others\, like The Thing\, Magneto\, and Ragman were not written as Jewish\, but have been made Jewish over their publication histories. And then there is Superman. Superman was not written as Jewish\, and has never been made Jewish in print or on screen. There are\, nevertheless\, numerous books\, articles\, podcasts and fan theories speculating that Superman is\, was\, and always has been Jewish. We will discuss what is at stake in arguing for or against the Jewishness of these characters\, and why Jewish identity has lagged behind many other minority identities in comics representation.
URL:https://uwm.edu/jewish-studies/event/workshop-with-jennifer-caplan-for-jor-el-so-loved-the-world-jews-and-comic-books-from-superman-to-sabra/
LOCATION:Lubar Entrepreneurship Center\, Nicholas Innovation Commons (Room 105)
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SUMMARY:Jennifer Caplan\, "Funny\, You Don't Look Funny: Jews\, Comedy\, and Gender"
DESCRIPTION:Faye Greenberg Sigman “Woman of Valor” Lecture  \nGolda Meir Library\, 4th Floor or via Zoom (Register at https://bit.ly/3VmLcxE) \nThis talk examines trends in the way Jewish institutions have typically “counted” Jewish engagement in the late 20th and 21st centuries and uses those trends to argue that American Judaism looks healthier and more robust if we think differently about engagement. Humor\, it turns out\, is not only a valid way to approach this revisioning\, but also one of the best ways to highlight positive trends in American Jewish identification. Rather than relying on older “continuity-based” models of what Judaism needs to do to survive that put disproportionate pressure (and blame) on Jewish women\, acontemporary Jewish humor reimagines many aspects of Jewish life—including Jewish gender tropes—and offers younger generations a vision of Jewishness they want to embrace. \nJennifer Caplan is The Jewish Foundation Chair of Cincinnati Chair in Judaic Studies at University of Cincinnati. She is the author of Funny\, You Don’t Look Funny: Judaism and Comedy from the Silent Generation to Millennials (2023) and co-editor of Wit Happens: Global Jewish Humor (2026). She publishes broadly on Judaism and popular culture with a focus on gender and representation and is currently working on Unmasked: Jewish Characters in DC and Marvel. \nMade by possible by the generosity of the Taxman and Temkin families.\nCosponsored by UWM’s Departments of English and Women’s and Gender Studies.
URL:https://uwm.edu/jewish-studies/event/jennifer-caplan-funny-you-dont-look-funny-jews-comedy-and-gender/
LOCATION:Golda Meir Library 4th Floor Conference Center or via Zoom
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