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Marvel Cinematic Universe

Sabra, the Israeli superhero who will make her screen debut in the fourth Captain American movie played by Shira Haas, first appeared in 1980’s “Incredible Hulk” No. 256, “Power in the Promised Land!”
Posted inComics

Meet Sabra, Marvel’s Israeli superhero, soon to be played by Shira Haas

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward September 14, 2022September 14, 2022

Marvel Studios willed it; it is no dream. With the announcement of Shira Haas as the deep-cut superhero Sabra in the forthcoming “Captain America: New World Order,” Israel is now […]

Oscar Isaac as Marc Spector in a very Jewish episode of "Moon Knight.
(Photo/Marvel Studios-Gabor Kotschy)
Posted inTV & Film

The slowly emerging Jewish identity of Moon Knight 

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz May 4, 2022May 4, 2022
Screenshot from the official "Spider-Man: No Way Home" app
Posted inTV & Film

What Yiddish — and the Forward — are doing in the new Spider-Man movie

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward December 21, 2021December 21, 2021
Loki (Tom Hiddleston) stands before the kisei kevodecha for judgment in the first episode of "Loki."
Posted inTV & Film

I am burdened with interpretive purpose: A Jewish lens on ‘Loki’

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz July 15, 2021August 4, 2021
(From left) Masada, Batwoman, Sabra, Scarlet Witch and Shadowcat /Collage by Alma
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Batwoman and four other female Jewish superheroes you should know

by Cali Halperin and JTA October 23, 2019October 23, 2019
(From left) President of Marvel Studios Kevin Feige, director Taika Waititi, Natalie Portman and Chris Hemsworth at San Diego Comic-Con, July 20, 2019 (Photo/JTA-Alberto E. Rodriguez-Getty Images for Disney)
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Natalie Portman will become Thor in upcoming Marvel movie

by JTA and J. Staff July 23, 2019July 23, 2019

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