# What would a Jewish Superman be like? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 28, 2007, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-jewish-superman-be-like/401938 "2007-04-28T05:33:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-jewish-superman-be-like/401938/21 "2007-04-30T03:32:23Z")
Hmmm…would he have kept capturing and dragging Black September members off to cardboard prisons? ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-jewish-superman-be-like/401938/22 "2007-04-30T03:44:56Z")
Irving. Big blue-suit Irving. Big blue-suit flying Irving. The 142nd fastest superhero in the west. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-jewish-superman-be-like/401938/23 "2007-04-30T03:49:53Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] No, but his secret weapon was the Jewish Guilt Trip. [/QUOTE] I hear he subbed for the Catholic Hammer on Sundays… ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-jewish-superman-be-like/401938/24 "2007-04-30T15:16:45Z")
By the way, I’m not kidding. Have you seen [The Hebrew Hammer](http://imdb.com/title/tt0317640/)? (I guess “no” from the replies) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-jewish-superman-be-like/401938/25 "2007-04-30T15:22:51Z")
The name would be pronounced “Supermin.” ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-jewish-superman-be-like/401938/26 "2007-04-30T15:23:50Z")
Instead of Kryptonite, his undoing would just be a big honey-cured ham. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-jewish-superman-be-like/401938/27 "2007-04-30T15:53:53Z")
Superman’s _not_ Jewish? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-jewish-superman-be-like/401938/28 "2007-04-30T18:31:11Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] Somewhere in every story, you’d find a visual reference to Jerry Seinfeld. [/QUOTE] Today, sir, you win the internet. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-jewish-superman-be-like/401938/29 "2007-04-30T18:35:05Z")
> [@](#): > > Superman’s not Jewish? Indeed. With names like “Kal-el” and “Jor-el”, and being made up by a couple of nice Jewish boys like Seigel and Schuster, and with a backstory like the early life of Moses, Superman’s pretty Jewish already. I’ll bet he’s already circumcized. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-jewish-superman-be-like/401938/30 "2007-04-30T18:55:43Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] I’ll bet he’s already circumcized. [/QUOTE] With **what**? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-jewish-superman-be-like/401938/31 "2007-04-30T19:47:10Z")
> [@](#): > > With what? You know, on Krypton, before he got all Super and everything. Although in the Silver Age , Superman used his thumbnail to make an incision in his own arm to give a transfusion. And it was demonstrated that a couple of Super Kryptonians using their heat vision could give Superman a haircut. So all you’d need would be a whole troop of Mohels from Kandor… ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-jewish-superman-be-like/401938/32 "2007-04-30T19:57:40Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] No, but his secret weapon was the Jewish Guilt Trip. [/QUOTE] Speaking of guilt, Superman’s parents built a rocket to save him from Krypton’s destruction while staying behind and getting blown up themselves. Can you imagine the guilt his mother would give him about that one? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-jewish-superman-be-like/401938/33 "2007-04-30T21:55:42Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] I’ll bet he’s already circumcized. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=OneCentStamp] With **what**? :eek: [/QUOTE] A 1920’s Style Death Ray. Which is why Luthor is pissed. He oficiated, & never got paid. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-jewish-superman-be-like/401938/34 "2007-04-30T22:35:53Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] A 1920’s Style Death Ray. Which is why Luthor is pissed. He oficiated, & never got paid. [/QUOTE] He should’ve at least gotten a tip. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-jewish-superman-be-like/401938/35 "2007-04-30T22:44:24Z")
[QUOTE=gatorman] cheap? [/QUOTE] Thrifty. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-jewish-superman-be-like/401938/36 "2007-05-01T01:15:56Z")
[QUOTE=fishbicycle] Irving. Big blue-suit Irving. Big blue-suit flying Irving. The 142nd fastest superhero in the west. [/QUOTE] …even in the fortress of solitude he kept two sets of dishes… ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-jewish-superman-be-like/401938/37 "2007-05-01T01:48:18Z")
Thanks, Max. I was hoping somebody would know that song! ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-jewish-superman-be-like/401938/38 "2007-05-01T02:02:00Z")
He couldn’t be Jewish. Males have to be born Jewish. He has to be uncut too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-jewish-superman-be-like/401938.md?page=1)