Rabbis, Rebbes, and Roshei Yeshiva: Jewish Religious Leadership in Recent Graphic Novels

This article analyzes the depictions of rabbis in James Sturm's Market Day, Harvey Pekar and JT Waldman's Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me, Joann Sfar's The Rabbi's Cat, and Sfar's Klezmer. Considered together, these four recent graphic novels present a fairly negative...

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Main Author: Reingold, Matt (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group [2018]
In: Journal of media and religion
Year: 2018, Volume: 17, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 146-163
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Graphic novel / Judaism / Religious leader
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
BH Judaism
KBQ North America
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)