Roy Schwartz is a pop culture historian and critic. He is a board member of the American Jewish Historical Society, the author of Is Superman Circumcised? The Complete Jewish History of the World’s Greatest Hero, and co-producer of the documentary JewCE: The Jewish Comics Experience. Follow him on royschwartz.com and Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @RealRoySchwartz.
Roy Schwartz
By Roy Schwartz
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Books This graphic history of Jerusalem is a big hit. But its Jews have hooked noses
French historian Vincent Lemire's illustrated tome makes some loaded choices in depicting the Jewish parts of history
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Film & TV This group thinks Jews aren’t a protected minority in Hollywood — here’s how they’re trying to change that
Allison Josephs is leading a charge — and sending an open letter to the Academy — for more nuanced and authentic portrayals of Jews
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Culture He created the most Jewish of superheroes — but how Jewish was he really?
Born 100 years ago to immigrants from Romania, Stan Lee went on to become one of the most influential artists of the 20th century
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Film & TV Just how Jewish is Betty Boop?
Born on Aug. 9, 1930, the iconic cartoon character has both animated and real-life Yiddish ancestors
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Film & TV The very Jewish history of Comic-Con
Held in New York in 1964, the first comic convention was the brainchild of 5 Jewish teenagers
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Culture 10 Jewish things you probably didn’t know about Superman
Yes, the man from Krypton's creators were Jewish, but do you know which biblical figures he was modeled after?
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Culture Did Jewish theologians predict Doctor Strange’s alternate realities?
Here's what the multiverse of Midrash has to say about Marvel's latest box office hit.
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Culture How Jewish is Moon Knight anyway? Depends whether you’re reading it or watching it on Disney.
Marvel’s newest superhero offering, the six-part “Moon Knight” miniseries on Disney+, stars Oscar Isaac, a big-name actor, as the fairly obscure comics character. On the face of it, it’s an opportunity for Isaac to define the role, like Wesley Snipes did with Blade and Robert Downey Jr. with Iron Man. But Moon Knight, as deep…
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