Michael Shannon on ‘The Iceman’ by Israeli filmmaker Ariel Vromen

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on April 26, 2013

David S. Goyer talks ‘Batman,’ ‘Man of Steel’

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on April 18, 2013

Superman is Jewish?: People of the comic book

By Jonathan Kirsch
Published on November 8, 2012

Nothing is quite so purely American as the comic book, which is why it will come as a surprise to some readers to discover that philosopher Harry Brod regards Superman and Spider-Man and many other comic-book characters to be uniquely Jewish artifacts that offer crucial insights into the Jewish experience in America.

Superman belongs to DC Comics, judge affirms

Published on October 18, 2012

The heirs of Superman co-creator Joe Shuster do not have the right to reclaim copyrights to the popular character, a federal judge ruled.

Israeli actress Ayelet Zurer to play Superman’s mom

Published on September 26, 2011

Israeli actress Ayelet Zurer will portray Superman's Kryptonian mother in the Superman movie sequel.

Superman fans save Siegel-Shuster house

By Adam Wills
Published on October 1, 2008

Briefs: Cancer helps Olmert poll numbers, Mrs. El Presidente in Argentina—still good for the Jews

Published on November 1, 2007

Briefs.

‘Superman’ Director Lives Out His Dream

By Robert David Jaffee
Published on June 22, 2006

Bryan Singer's first real understanding of evil came when, as a boy of 9 or 10, he dressed up as a Nazi one day while playing a World War II game with his German neighbors in Princeton Junction, N.J. He came home wearing a swastika.

Singer's mother admonished him, but it wasn't until a few years later, when his junior high school teacher, Miss Fiscarelli, taught an entire unit in social studies on the Holocaust, that he gained a greater understanding as to why his mother had been so troubled. That class changed Singer's "whole perception of what people are capable of anywhere," he said.

A Super ‘Schmooze’ Move

Published on May 25, 2006

The unforgettable superheroes of comic strips became the stuff of endless Hollywood big-budget sequels. But more often than not, they began in the fevered imaginations of struggling young Jewish guys, whose wildest dreams could be hemmed in only by four panels and black ink.

Briefs

By David Finnigan
Published on October 14, 2004

News in brief from David Finnigan.