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Tag: Marvel

0 Television/Film Culture

Venom review: ‘it’s not Marvel-lous’

Jewish Chronicle · 31 Oct

The review dissects the weaknesses of the final film in Tom Hardy's Venom trilogy, noting how the series fails to fully deliver on its intriguing premise of duality between Eddie Brock and the symbiotic anti-hero.

0 Television/Film Culture

The latest episode of Marvel's 'Agatha All Along' opens with a bar mitzvah. How’d they pick the Torah portion?

Benyamin Cohen in Forward · 21 Oct

The latest episode of Marvel's 'Agatha All Along' uniquely features a bar mitzvah scene, showcasing the character William Kaplan.

0 Israel Politics

The “Northern Fights” Edition

Promised Podcast · 1 Aug

Allison Kaplan Sommer and Noah Efron discuss the potential of Israel going to war with Hezbollah and possibly Iran following Hezbollah's incident in Majdal Shams.

0 Antisemitism Television/Film

We need our Israeli hero: what is Marvel’s end game?

Jewish Chronicle · 16 Jul

A short film highlighting the need for Jews to hide their identities due to rising antisemitism went viral, raising questions about erasure.

0 Israel Television/Film

Marvel’s cowardly decision to erase the Israeli background of Sabra won’t solve anything

Jewish Chronicle · 15 Jul

Marvel has made a controversial decision to erase the Israeli background of the character Sabra, originally a Jewish and Israeli superhero appearing in Marvel comics.

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Where Marvel’s New Gods and Judaism Meet: ‘God, Man and History’

Sruli Fruchter in 18forty · 20 Jul 2023

In the Marvel film Eternals, the godlike beings known as the Eternals protect humanity from evil.

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20 years ago, Marvel introduced a Jewish Black Panther

BCohen in Forward · 7 Jun 2023

In the world of comic books, there are several Jewish superheroes that readers may be familiar with, such as The Thing, Kitty Pryde, Batwoman, and Harley Quinn.

0 Television/Film Literature

Why Aren’t There More Jewish Superheroes?

noah in Forward · 13 Mar 2017

The article explores the lack of Jewish representation among superheroes in film and television despite the significant Jewish influence in creating the superhero genre.