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To know why it is significant, you have to understand how they work: they are not precise missiles and they don't have to be - in the vastness of open sea a ship is one huge metal target such type of missiles easily "see" and they target it precisely.

When put to use on a city, however, these missiles get "confused" by all the "noise" the objects of the city give off.

Its how they are designed to work.

In other words, throwing these missiles at Kyiv in huge numbers, Russians are consciously just trying to randomly blow up anything and everything in the city, just madly destroying as much of the city as they can.

They are not "precise-targeting" some factory or other such facility. They are just throwing a dumb bomb at the general circle of the city centre not caring what it hits, just wanting to cause death abd destruction.

And yeah, using these type of missiles on a city is considered a war crime by every international convention possible.

lets talk about how captain america, an irish immigrant who grew up poor and ill, channeled his experiences into empathy and understanding and positive action, was made by jewish men to dunk on hitler.

lets talk about how the first marvel and dc comics were mocked up in "yinglish," a mix of yiddish and english commonly spoken in jewish quarters. lets talk about how the format of the graphic novel as we know it was pioneered by an Auschwitz survivor

lets talk about how the first superman comics were clark picking up hitler and stalin, and dumping them at the united nations to be prosecuted for his treatment of defenceless and downtrodden people the world over

let's talk about why x-men resonated with so many people who fundamentally share an understanding of oppression by discriminatory systems, across time and cultures. written by the sons of jewish immigrants.

so jewish people looked at a new, avante garde, fun, different kind of entertainment that had even been founded by a jew, and saw potential. jewish artists and writers positively flocked to the burgeoning comic book industry because they were quite literally blocked out of everywhere else.

In short, superheroes are prophets.

No, like, legit. Prophets.

The rambam talks about the principles of prophecy in Guide to the Perplexed, and there are several orders of prophecy. The first order is shared by all of them, and it is, in short, the fact that a prophet must be someone who sees evil and feels the need to stop it. God is on their side, that's vital, but they don't need to talk directly to God, they don't need to have visions, all they need to do is save someone. Prophecy is not a talent, according to the rambam. It is an action.

The first of the degrees of prophecy consists in the fact that an individual receives a divine help that moves and activates him to a great, righteous, and important action - such as the deliverance of a community of virtuous people from a community of wicked people, or the deliverance of a virtuous and great man, or the inspiring of greatness.

(this is a somewhat edited paragraph, as I'm contrasting the english translation with the Hebrew translation with my dad's knowledge of the original Arabic text and finding it lacking.)

My lecture went into great detail showing parallels between different comic book characters and people from Jewish history (specifically moses and superman, david and captain america, and my personal favorite, "Other One"/Elisha Ben Abuya and magneto). But beyond that is my claim that we learn something very important from the first Hebrew - Abraham himself. Because his task is not only to create a people and teach them what is righteous and to deal justice (again, an action), but also that all people may learn from his example - see above, "inspiring of greatness". The prophet must not only serve his own people, but also the whole world.

This is why superman's motto includes not only the "american way", but also "truth" and "justice". This is why captain america becomes nomad when he is disillusioned post watergate/rebels against his own government in the winter soldier. Because there is a universalism inherent to the Jewish hero that requires that we not only help ourselves but also everyone we could possibly help (this is in the mishnah as well).

And with magneto, I claimed that what makes him a villain (an anti-villain, but a villain nonetheless) is the very fact of his interest in his own people alone. He cares for mutants and mutants alone, and even though his interests at times align with those of all of humanity/the marvel universe, if they don't he does not hesitate to turn on those he might have teamed up with previously.

I didn't say this in the lecture because I didn't have enough time to research it properly, but I don't think it's possible to imagine a world in which we have comic book heroes that in any way resemble our own in an alternate history where Jews weren't the people behind the concept of the superhero. Whereas christians value speech, self-sacrifice, and forgiveness, Jews value action and change.

It's not just that our superheroes are Jewish.

It's that they can't not be Jewish.

("Is Superman Circumcised" by Roy Schwartz)

(Interview with Roy Schwartz)

Not only are superheros inherently Jewish by creation and comic history, but a lot of the anti-comic book movement was built on antisemitism and the fear that this (mainly Jewish-run) medium was used to indoctrinate good Christian children into moral depravity.

Antisemites throughout the years have also very much recognized the Jewishness of superheros, e.g. the nazi propaganda newspaper "Das Schwartze Korps":

Here is a english translation (archived): https://web.archive.org/web/20150626231453/http://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/superman.htm Consider how the nazis frame the Jewish comic book industry in America as a means to poison the minds of the true (=White) American Youth:

Jerry Siegel, an intellectually and physically circumcised chap[...] Jerry looked about the world and saw things happening in the distance, some of which alarmed him. He heard of Germany’s reawakening, of Italy’s revival, in short of a resurgence of the manly virtues of Rome and Greece[...] Well, we really ought to ignore these fantasies of Jerry Israel Siegel, but there is a catch. The daring deeds of Superman are those of a Colorado beetle. He works in the dark, in incomprehensible ways. He cries “Strength! Courage! Justice!” to the noble yearnings of American children. Instead of using the chance to encourage really useful virtues, he sows hate, suspicion, evil, laziness, and criminality in their young hearts. Jerry Siegellack stinks. Woe to the American youth, who must live in such a poisoned atmosphere and don’t even notice the poison they swallow daily.

And the Hezbollah affiliated TV station, Al-Manar:

The Foxborough stadium normally has 20,000 parking spaces.

Celtic Park has 800, with another 600 nearby.

Forbidding the iranian team coaches from entering the country and forcing them to direct the game from MEXICO through a tv

Players from non european countries being stopped and searched like criminals with dogs

Deporting african referees just because of their nationality

Forbidding interviews from being spoken i'm languages other than English and forbidding journalists and players from speaking their native languages

Meanwhile, side note:

I haven't had time to verify this yet but I heard America's tourism is down 14% from this time last year