Originally published by +972 Magazine, April 19, 2016. Inspired by the "In Every Generation" passage in the Haggadah (see here for example).
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Originally published by Jews for Bernie, March 9, 2016.
For background, see articles in The New York Times or The Washington Post.
I spoke about the comic in a panel on Jewish Peoplehood here (my sermonizing begins at about 14:40); scroll down here for a youtube version on this page.
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Originally published in The New Republic, November 17, 2015. For links to actual statements made by the Republican presidential candidates, click the links below the comic at The New Republic.
For more on the parallels, see this piece published the same day.
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Originally published in The New Republic, August 7, 2015, after the murder of 18-month-old Ali Saad Dawabsheh (his father and mother later died from the same attack).
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Originally published in The New Republic, May 14, 2015.
"Bigoted, unfunny" - Abe Foxman
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Originally published in The New Republic, March 23, 2015.
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Another comic on Netanyahu's speech to Congress, originally published in The Nation, March 2, 2015. Bonus: Thematically it's something of a companion comic, down to the image of MLK, to this one.
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Originally published in The Nation, February 11, 2015.
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Originally published in The New Republic, January 14, 2015, in the aftermath of the massacre of Charlie Hebdo staff.
I spoke about the comic and satire in general on CNN's "Reliable Sources" here.
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A comic on the aftermath of the Gaza assault, originally published in +972 Magazine, September 15, 2014.
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Originally published in +972 Magazine, August 19, 2014.
For background, see this article from CNN.
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Originally published in The Forward, August 14, 2014.
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Originally published in +972 Magazine, August 6, 2014.
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Originally published in +972 Magazine, August 3, 2014.
For background on the anti-war movement, see this CNN report. For more of Malcolm Hoenlein's response to "If Not Now," see this article in The Jerusalem Post (although the headline has a typo; "Anti-Israel" should read "Anti-War").
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Originally published in +972 Magazine, July 30, 2014, in the fourth week of the war.
Background: In 2009, after the Goldstone Report accused both Israel and Hamas of war crimes, Alan Dershowitz accused the renowned South African judge Richard Goldstone of being a traitor and akin to Josef Mengele. For Alan's earlier encounter with Goldstone, see this comic.
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Originally published in +972 Magazine, July 25, 2014.
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Originally published in +972 Magazine on July 17, 2014, and in The Nation July 30, 2014.
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Originally published in The Nation, issue of August 4-11, 2014.
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Originally published in The Forward, July 8, 2014. Based on the horrific murder of Palestinian teenager Mohammed Abu Khdeir and the ethical gymnastics that ensued (including here and here). In response to the comic, the editor of the once-great Commentary levied the bewildering charge of Nazi functionary.
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Originally published in +972 Magazine, May 14, 2014.
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A comic for Passover 2014, originally published in +972 Magazine, April 13, 2014. For more on "Dayenu," click here; for more on African asylum seekers in Israel (complete with further Passover connections), click this article, this article, or this PDF.
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Originally published in The Forward, January 27, 2014.
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Originally published in The Forward, December 30, 2013.
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Originally published in Alternet, December 16, 2013.
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A Halloween comic based on this report on what Abraham Foxman thinks of American Jews. Originally published in The Forward, October 28, 2013.
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Originally published in The Forward, May 14, 2013.
For background on Hawking's decision and the ensuing outrage, see The New York Times, CNN, and The Guardian.
After the comic appeared, the columnist and translator Hillel Halkin published a piece insisting that such a work should never have been allowed to appear in a Jewish newspaper.
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Originally published in The Daily Beast, January 24, 2013, after Yair Lapid surprised many with his strong showing in the Israeli elections.
Widely considered a "centrist" on peace despite behavior to the contrary, Lapid's reputation seemed confounding.
For a somewhat obscure topic, this one might be especially esoteric, so here's a key: Cottage cheese refers to this, E1 refers to this. Finally, events after the election have seemed to bear out the comic's skepticism.
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Originally published in The Forward, December 7, 2012.
The background to the story can be found in this New York Times article.
The synagogue, B'nai Jeshurun, is widely considered a bastion of progressive Jewish politics and values in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the country. The rabbis' about-face on an email expressing support for the Palestinian cause was surprising, but even more surprising, to me at least, was the outrage the comic engendered. The Forward printed some of the reactions here, and then additional reactions here. A Johns Hopkins student wrote a thoughtful piece exploring the issue for New Voices. Finally, weeks after the comic came out, further details emerged on the influence of wealthy donors on rabbinic values and progressive thought.
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A Golem/Frankenstein/Sci-Fi/Horror comic for Halloween, originally published in The Forward, October 29, 2012.
This year's Halloween trick comes from Commentary, which dubbed the piece "Anne Frankenstein." The Halloween treat comes in the form of this delightful rejoinder and overview of my work in general. Oh, a bonus (arguably): I discuss the comic in this podcast, starting at the 18:12 mark, and refer to it in this discussion.
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Originally published in The Forward, July 12, 2012. For background on the topic, watch this CNN Special Report, or see the links to several reports in this NYT Public Editor column. For background on the anti-internet hysteria, see this or this.
I discussed and debated the comic with Forward reporter Paul Berger, who has covered the issue of Orthodox sex abuse, in this podcast.
Click here for Bucky's first case.
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Originally published in +972 Magazine, May 14, 2012. Discussed in Breitbart and by Abe Foxman, and systematically denounced by the targets of the comic's satire. Then The Jerusalem Post ran a follow-up story.
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Originally published in The Forward, February 24, 2012. I discussed the comic in this podcast.
In October 2013, after participants in a panel discussion seemed to be reading from the comic's script, The New York Times picked up the comic in its coverage of the event.
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Originally published in The Forward, November 15, 2011. For a podcast discussion, click here.
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A Halloween comic originally published in The Forward, October 27, 2011. For a podcast discussion, click here.
Halloween Trick: Commentary comments.
Halloween Treat: Scroll down for another lovely video by Nate Lavey (his previous video accompanied The Trial).
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Reflections on the life, passing and remembrances of Amy Winehouse. Originally published in The Forward, September 20, 2011.
I talk about the piece in a podcast here.
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Originally published in The Forward, July 21, 2011.
Click here for a podcast in which I talk and talk and talk.
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Originally published in The Forward, June 1, 2011.
The comic is a mashup of Kafka's "The Trial" and the Israeli Knesset's hearings into JStreet on March 23, 2011. All the dialogue in the comic's arrest and prosecution scenes comes directly from the Knesset hearings, which can be viewed here.
Scroll down for a making-of video by Nate Lavey, and for the poster for the debut of the multimedia presentation based on the comic, Euro+Trash: Kafka, Comics and Collisions of Culture.
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Originally published in The Forward, April 13, 2011. For background on the tradition of the Four Sons in the Passover Haggadah, scroll down here.
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Originally published in The Forward, September 29, 2010.
Click here for a podcast that covers some aspects of this comic and others (starting at the 6:26 mark).
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Originally published in The Forward, June 29, 2010.
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Originally published in The Forward, May 26, 2010.
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April 2010, originally published in the Winter 2011 issue of the journal Shofar. For the full Table of Contents of the issue, click here. The entire volume was reprinted as Visualizing Jewish Narrative: Jewish Comics and Graphic Novels, (Bloomsbury Academic, 2016).
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Originally published in The Forward, March 25, 2010.
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A comic for Purim. Originally published in The Forward, February 17, 2010. Partly inspired by this widely-circulated photo. The title refers to The Goldstone Report and Israel's reaction to it.
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Originally published in The Forward, January 13, 2010.
After an ultra-Orthodox Jewish leader referenced the comic in an essay on the Haiti earthquake, it was covered on Gawker. It also led to discussions and debate on Harry's Place, Jewschool, Tablet, the Italian Moked, Bleeding Cool and elsewhere. Click the Forward link for citation of sources.
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Originally published in The Forward, November 25, 2009.
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