Vader: Half Jew
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Eli Valley explores the “Star Wars” universe through the lens of Jewish continuity, intermarriage and communal policy.
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Eli Valley is finishing his first novel. His column, “Comics Rescued From a Burning Synagogue in Bialystok and Hidden in a Salt Mine Until After the War,” appears monthly in the Forward. His Web site is www.evcomics.com.
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