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From “Let There Be Light: The Real Story of Her Creation” by Liana Finck
Posted inComics

Cartoonist Liana Finck on rewriting Genesis, God as a woman and why Abraham feels like a Philip Roth character

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward April 11, 2022

In Liana Finck’s Book of Genesis, Lilith is the Serpent, Joseph wears a merman tail and God is a woman. The New Yorker cartoonist’s latest graphic novel, “Let There Be […]

Art Spiegelman's graphic novel "Maus" on sale at a French bookstore in 2017. (Photo/JTA-ActuaLitté-Flickr Commons)
Posted inUncategorized

You can’t just swap out ‘Maus’ for another Holocaust book. It’s special.

Jennifer Caplan by Jennifer Caplan and JTA February 1, 2022
School board members in McMinn County, Tennessee, objected to Art Spiegelman's "Maus" because of its language and images. (Photo/JTA-Philissa Cramer)
Posted inBooks

In Tennessee, iconic Holocaust graphic novel ‘Maus’ is latest victim of conservative curriculum wars

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA January 27, 2022
From “When I Grow Up: The Lost Autobiographies of Six Yiddish Teenagers” by New Yorker cartoonist Ken Krimstein
Posted inOff the Shelf

New Yorker cartoonist brings to life lost Yiddish essays by European teens of 1930s

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman December 17, 2021December 20, 2021
Pages from "The Last Jews of Penang" show the Malaysian Jewish community's former synagogue.
Posted inCulture

New graphic novel tells the story of Malaysia’s lost Jewish community

by Jordyn Haime and JTA December 6, 2021December 6, 2021
From the cover of Rutu Modan's new graphic novel, "Tunnels."
Posted inCulture

Dig into Jerusalem’s subterranean history with new nonfiction and graphic novel

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman November 18, 2021November 23, 2021

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