Any cites proving Superman isn't jewish?

[astorian]

@Exapno_Mapcase

Yeah, that article gets it right. No matter how Jewish Siegel and Shuster were, no matter how many hints and allusions they dropped, no matter that he was a symbol of the immigrant and assimilation, the fact was that no comics character in the 1930s could be introduced as Jewish. Especially one who was soon made into a symbol of American values. Ma and Pa Kent probably still believed that Jews had horns in 1938, just like all their neighbors in Smallville.

Superman is not Jewish. He’s American. And this is a Christian country. Still.

Riiiight, all those dang evangelical Christians in Middle America hate Jews.

Americans Really Like Jews. Muslims And Atheists? Not So Much

Actually, it’s just the opposiite. America’s Evangelical Christians LOVE Jews- but it’s a hopelessly unrequited love. American Jews loathe evangelical Christians.

[Folacin]

@astorian

Riiiight, all those dang evangelical Christians in Middle America hate Jews.

Americans Really Like Jews. Muslims And Atheists? Not So Much : Code Switch : NPR

Actually, it’s just the opposiite. America’s Evangelical Christians LOVE Jews- but it’s a hopelessly unrequited love. American Jews loathe evangelical Christians.

They love them now, but I think that is a relatively recent phenomenon, probably tied to the creation Israel making end-times prophecy a better bet.

Of course, no reason to think the Kent’s were evangelicals, either. Probably some form of main line Protestant (someone mentioned Methodist up a ways).

[carnivorousplant]

@Sage_Rat

So Superman is ethnic Egyptian?

No, just that space guys have been making regular stops here for some time.
I saw it on the History Channel.

[Exapno_Mapcase]

@astorian

Actually, it’s just the opposiite. America’s Evangelical Christians LOVE Jews- but it’s a hopelessly unrequited love. American Jews loathe evangelical Christians.

There is so much wrong in these mere three sentences that a long-running comic book series would be needed to cover it all.

[Amateur_Barbarian]

I think it’s pretty clear when the guy leaps to the rescue shouting, “Up, up and oy vey!”

[carnivorousplant]

@Exapno_Mapcase

There is so much wrong in these mere three sentences that a long-running comic book series would be needed to cover it all.

Evangelicals “love Jews” because it is said in the last days Jews will return to Jerusalem.

[Malthus]

@cochrane

Makes sense. So are the Vulcans.

The Vulcan “live long and prosper” hand-gesture was, in point of fact, Jewish. Or at least, inspired by a Jewish ritual gesture.

Vulcan salute

[Bryan_Ekers]

There have been numerous stories in which Superman (or Superboy) celebrates Christmas. None about Hanukkah that I can recall.

[Zeldar]

This probably has nothing to do with the question, but I heard somebody like Terry Gross (Fresh Air) make a thing about pronouncing several of the superheroes’ names as if they were Jewish by having the -man part of their name be unstressed in much the same fashion as other Jewish names are, like

Silverman
Friedman
Seligman
Zimmerman

and so on.

SUPER-mun
BAT-mun
AQUA-mun
SPIDER-mun

and so on.

Hell, it convinced me!

[astorian]

@carnivorousplant

Evangelicals “love Jews” because it is said in the last days Jews will return to Jerusalem.

Suuure, go right on believing that.

Jews should embrace the liberal Protestants who loathe them, and reject the evangelicals who love them, because the people who love them are doing so for the wrong reasons.

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

DC universe canon ala Wiki:

DC’s superhero comics have always drawn upon Judeo-Christian beliefs for plot elements — the first appearance of “The Voice” was in the 1940 origin of the Spectre — but they have traditionally used surrogate concepts and names rather than refer to the Judeo-Christian deity directly. The comics are published under the Comics Code, a set of ethical guidelines drawn up in the 1950s in reaction to anti-comic book hysteria. The Code does not explicitly refer to God, but does say that “ridicule or attack on any religious or racial group is never permissible.”[2] Later revisions of the Code are phrased in terms of respecting religious beliefs and religious institutions, which may account for the comics’ hesitancy when dealing with God.

The lack of a central doctrine means that multiple “aspects” of God have been introduced by different writers. Significant examples of God surrogates include:

The Voice – The disembodied "Voice of the Presence" that spoke to and empowered Jim Corrigan as the Spectre in More Fun Comics #52. This is the most "active" version of God seen in the comic books. At one point, it even answers the Spectre's prayers by resurrecting the murdered Justice Society of America.[3] When the Voice uttered the first word, it created "The Word", and it was already being tracked by Destiny in his book.
The Hand – An image of a hand appearing out of a nebula has been referenced numerous times in different DC Comics as a metaphor for the creator or the mystery that exists at the moment of universal creation. It was first seen in Green Lantern vol. 2, #40. In Crisis on Infinite Earths #10, the Hand was turned into a predestination paradox as the hand of the villainous Anti-Monitor, who tried to rearrange all existence at its starting point, but failed.
The Source – The universal spirit from Jack Kirby's Fourth World cosmology.
The Presence – The unseen Judeo-Christian deity from Grant Morrison's fictional angel mythology.
Wally – A being claiming to a manifestation of God who appears in the form of a young boy wearing a baseball hat. He first appears in Peter David's Linda Danvers/Supergirl series. A similar character later appears in the same author's Fallen Angel series. 

[Exapno_Mapcase]

@astorian

Suuure, go right on believing that.

Jews should embrace the liberal Protestants who loathe them, and reject the evangelicals who love them, because the people who love them are doing so for the wrong reasons.

Liberal Protestants loathe Jews? Really? And wanting Israel to beat those Muslim furriners says nothing at all about evangelicals loving American Jews.

[TriPolar]

Proof would have to be strong evidence that at least one rabbi considered Superman Jewish based on some reasonable measure such as being Bar Mitzvahed, or proof that his mother Lara was Jewish.

Or we could go the self identification route where we just need him saying that he is Jewish.

If he did have a religious preference it would probably be the religion that Ma and Pa Kent raised him in. More than likely an American Protestant religion. However they seem like the type that were much more concerned about the message than the religious ritual, so I think he may not have any particular personal affiliation.

There is also a school of thought that Superman is Jesus. If so then it’s pretty well accepted that he is Jewish.

[Octarine]

From the experts on these subjects: he’s a Borderline Jew.

[CalMeacham]

You can make all the arguments you want about Superman not being Jewish, but the Kandorians definitely are, and if they are, then it stands to reason that the Kryptonians were. Therefore, Superman must be, by birth, if not the way he was raised (As if that “Kal-el” and “Jor-el” schtick isn’t enough. And don’t tell me how it was originally “Jor-l” without the “e”. Kryptonians clearly used Hebrew diacritical marks)
My proof? This comic book, which mightily confused me in my youth: Superman #149 from 1961. An “imaginary story” where Lex Luthor murders Superman, then gets put on trial.
http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2011/09/01/silver-age-september-the-first-death-of-superman/
Scroll down to his sentencing by the Kandorians:

Judge: We Kandorians don’t make deals with murderers! – Executioner, send this wretch into the Phantom Zone immediately! He is the greatest villain since Adolph Eichmann!

(Me, as a kid: Adolph WHO?)
Would anyone but a Jewish court make the comparison to The Architect of the Holocaust? ( Adolf Eichmann - Wikipedia )
Please note: Eichmann famously sat in a booth made of bulletproof glass during the trial, to protect him against assassination attempts*. It’s not clear from the excerpt on the first link above, but Lex Luthor was in a glass booth at his Kandorian trial. You can see the “glass lines” in the first panel on the page of his sentencing.
Extra note: I hadn’t realized it, but Jerry Siegel himself wrote the script.

You could say it’s the influence of their creator, but Kryptonians sure seem to be Jewish.

This also inspired the play by Robert Shaw*, The Man in the Glass Booth, although that wasn’t about Eichmann.

**Yes, THAT Robert Shaw. He wrote novels and plays, besides being a kick-ass actor who almost killed James Bond.

[CalMeacham]

I should add that I’m actually grateful to that comic. It made me aware of Eichmann, so I paid attention when I encountered his name again. Kinda like the way the Twilight Zone made me aware of Adolf Hitler.

[Exapno_Mapcase]

If having Jewish writers makes you Jewish then who isn’t?

[Zeldar]

@Zeldar

This probably has nothing to do with the question, but I heard somebody like Terry Gross (Fresh Air) make a thing about pronouncing several of the superheroes’ names as if they were Jewish by having the -man part of their name be unstressed in much the same fashion as other Jewish names are, like

Silverman
Friedman
Seligman
Zimmerman

and so on.

SUPER-mun
BAT-mun
AQUA-mun
SPIDER-mun

and so on.

Hell, it convinced me!

I found it! Check out http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=155278330&m=155278506

It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's A New Superman Bio!

[Flywheel]

@astorian

Suuure, go right on believing that.

Jews should embrace the liberal Protestants who loathe them, and reject the evangelicals who love them, because the people who love them are doing so for the wrong reasons.

Love thine enemies? Sounds kind of…goyish.

[appleciders]

@lawoot

Depends - If he had his bris before leaving Krypton. Jor-El may have been a ‘Moh-El’.

Rim shot!

Seriously, that’s one of the worst groaners I’ve heard this week. Well done.!