JEWISH FEDERATION
June 2022
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Happy Birthday Superman! By Roy Schwartz, Author
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uperman is the most famous charstories, like basing Krypton’s past on Genesis and Exodus, its civilization on acter in the world. He’s the first Jewish culture, the trial of Lex Luthor superhero. An American icon. And on Adolf Eichmann’s and a holiday he’s Jewish! Introduced in June 1938, the Man celebrating Superman on Passover. It’s a fascinating secret history of of Steel was created by two Jewish teens, beloved modern mythology, only Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the sons of a little of which has been explored emigrants from Eastern Europe. They so far. It deserves more attention. based their hero’s origin story on Moses, his strength on Samson, his mission on It’s really super. Join me on Zoom Monday, June 13 the golem and his nebbish secret identity on themselves. They made him a refugee at 1 p.m. (ET) for a captivating journey through comic book lore, American hisfleeing catastrophe on the eve of World War II and sent him to tear Nazi tanks tory and Jewish tradition, sure to give apart nearly two years before the U.S. you a newfound appreciation for the Mensch of Steel! The book is available joined the war. There are 3 Ways to everywhere books are sold and can be In following decades, Superman’s Join the MCA! mostly Jewish writers, artists and editors continued OF GREATER NAPLES to borrow Jewish motifs for their
ordered through any bookstores, including Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Target. Roy Schwartz is also the author of “The Darkness in Lee’s Closet and the Others Waiting There” and is the winner of the 2021
international Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year. This program is brought to you by the Je w i s h Fe d e r a t i o n o f Greater Naples and Men’s Cultural Alliance.
AUTHOR BOOK DISCUSSION
IS SUPERMAN CIRCUMCISED? The complete Jewish history of the world’s greatest hero When: Monday, June 13, 2022, 1 p.m. Where: Zoom Purchase this book at https://www.amazon.com/ Superman-Circumcised-Complete-History-Greatest/dp/1476662908 Register for this free Zoom program at www.jewishnaples.org.
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1. Visit the website at www.MCAnaples.org. Click on the MCA membership form and complete it. You can pay by credit card or check.
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By Marty Gauthier and Luba Rotsztain, CJD Co-chairs
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Dues for current year are $90 and include membership
in the Jewish of Greater Naples. re you interested in Federation expanding The Catholic-Jewish Dialogue (CJD) relationships between Catholics is looking for new Steering Commitand Jews? Are you interested in tee members. The committee meets learning more about both faiths and once a month and plans activities that helping the community? If your answer enrich the community while building is yes, here is an opportunity for you! new friendships.
CJD is a subcommittee of the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of Jewish Federation of Greater Naples. More information can be found online at https://jewishnaples.org/ get-involved/cjd.
For more information on how to get involved with CJD, please contact Catholic co-chair Marty Gauthier at marty@naples.net or Jewish co-chair Luba Rotsztain at luba.laufer.rotsztain@ gmail.com.
