To celebrate the mensch of steel, here are 10 Jewish things you didn’t know about him. While the parallels to Moses may seem obvious, Superman’s co-creator Jerry Siegel doesn’t mention the ...

“It’s true, Superman was a Jew,” said Michael Shapiro, author of The Jewish 100 (Birch Lane Press, $22.95). “He was originally called Kal-El, the Hebrew name for God.” The creators of ...

As the movie moguls projected their vision of America—or at least of America’s potential—the Jewish creators of Superman did likewise. Superman was a symbol for the “American way.” ...

In Superman’s Kryptonian name, Kal-El, chosen by his original Jewish creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the “El” in Hebrew connotes God. In DC Comics, Superman also frequents the ...

That origin story reflects the heritage of Superman’s creators: two of the many Jewish American writers and artists who ushered in the Golden Age of comic books. The American comics industry was ...

Stan Lee and co-creator Jack Kirby were both Jewish veterans of World War II. Superman is also a Jewish creation. He was dreamt up by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, two young Jewish men.

In Superman’s Kryptonian name, Kal-El, chosen by his original Jewish creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the “El” in Hebrew connotes God. “There’s also the thinking that Siegel and ...

In Superman’s Kryptonian name, Kal-El, chosen by his original Jewish creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the “El” in Hebrew connotes God. In DC Comics, Superman also frequents the ...