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Superman. Batman. Captain America. The X-Men. Some of the most recognizable heroes in popular culture share an origin story many fans may not know: Jewish creators helped invent the modern superhero and transformed comic books into one of America’s most influential art forms.

Teaneck resident Neil Kleid has been writing comic books for over 20 years. He grew up in Michigan drawing comics off of ones he’d buy from the local 7-Eleven and comic stores. Eventually he moved to Manhattan in 1999, hoping to make it as an artist. 

Assessment of 40 Museums found that 30 percent are Failing, receiving the Lowest Grading Category of “Critically Deficient.”

Pop artist Peter Max, whose dreamy, boldly colored works provided an artistic backdrop for the 1960s US hippie movement and made him a commercial art powerhouse, died on Monday at a hospital in Manhattan at the age of 88, a spokesperson for his family said on Wednesday.

Michael Dell is the Jewish-American founder and CEO of the eponymous computing conglomerate Dell Technologies.

On Saturday mornings in the 1960s and ’70s, instead of going to synagogue, I watched cartoons.

Share kosher pickles and laughs with “Pickle Guy” Mendy Margolin; listen to the music of the Shlock Rock band and learn about Jewish traditions, like crafting a shofar, at this year’s Jewish Culture Festival.

Steven Litt / Ideastream Public Media The “Icons in Ink’’ exhibition at the Maltz Museum includes the writing desk of Jerry Siegel, co-creator of Superman along with Joe Shuster, and a 1940s vintage Superman advertising painting.