#Jewish Batman

[frownyalfred]

actually I think the best characterization for old/older Bruce Wayne is just Overbearing Jewish Mother.

"Where are you?" "Why aren't you back from patrol yet?" "Alfred made dinner and you're not home." "You can't go out in the base layer armor, you'll be too cold." "I told you that you weren't going to stick that landing, and now look at you." "Don't whine to me when you break your ankle." "We're doing an x-ray on your ankle and that's non-negotiable." "What did I tell you about going after muggers on lower 9th? It never ends well." "Oh, you need a pickup on lower 9th? Who could've seen this coming?" "You never check your comm when you're talking to Barbara. What if something important came through?" "Why don't you bring Barbara around more?" "Alfred made extra dinner, please invite Barbara." "No I'm not using a cane, when I start using a cane you can take me out back and shoot me." "I'm not being dramatic. What's with that tone?" "Put that down. Why are you holding that?"

[shewolf-sinclair]

batman is a very private person. duh.

brucie wayne isn’t as private. he’s actually very open, about certain things. like relationships and issues and people he supports as a public figure. but he still keeps personal things personal. the public only knows he’s jewish because he speaks about it when doing activist work against antisemitism in gotham. otherwise. you would never guess

bruce wayne isn’t usually very religious. he values his judaism but more so as a cultural background than a religion he doesn’t regularly go to synagogue, he doesn’t keep sabbath or keep kosher. BUT he absolutely sat shiva for jason. and i like to think that it was huge when jason found out after coming back. because he knows bruce stopped practicing years ago. he only practices on high holidays (and maybe passover). and he does chanukkah for the kids. so him taking the time to sit shiva for the whole week is a huge deal.

i like to think it was a huge jumping off point for them to start fixing things

[ednygmasbowlerhat]

Bruce Wayne is canonically Jewish and we don’t talk about this enough. Obviously the representation would be amazing and as a Jew i would love my favorite hero to be Jewish but also it would just add so much to the character. Just like cultural flavor and personality. And of course plot lines. Like just imagine the entire bat family getting together for Jewish holidays or like batman making torah or rabbinic references all the time. Like what if he’s giving one of the bat kids a lecture and is just like “that reminds me of this story I learned about hillel and shammai in hebrew school blah blah blah”.

Also this just makes so much sense because superheroes were created by Jews like Superman literally has the most Jewish story ever but aliens can’t be born Jews and the kents aren’t Jewish so he’s not canon Jewish so having bats as Jewish is just too iconic.

[jewish-microwave-laser]

HEY WAIT A SEC IF HIS HOOD IS ATTACHED TO HIS CAPE THEN

[spocks-husband]

Okay so Beware The Batman hasn't been great so far-- but I just got to Season 1 Episode 17 and in that episode we actually get to see Bruce be Jewish for the first time in animated form and it's REALLY REALLY COOL. It's not explicitly stated but it's really obvious that he is based off the main plot of the episode and how he reacts to it and it's jsut. Ough. It's so good.

[riversaremeanttobefollowed]

Okay so this is all set in my jewish batman universe where Bruce is also raised by the Kanes and is a practicing jew. He's still batman of course, but has a better support system than just Alfred (although if I remember correctly, originally Alfred joined the batfam after Dick, but in this verse Alfred is here from the beginning). Ezra is mizrahi jewish from his mother and ashkenazi from his father. Ezra's father died when he was young after they moved to Gotham, also murdered. Ezra and Bruce met at temple as teenagers a little before Bruce went off to boarding school. They hit it off and were good friends, but lost contact after Bruce went on his batman training montage. Its when Bruce returns and they hold a gala celebrating him that he meets Ezra again. They start up a romance, but since it's still pretty rocky to be gay in public at this time they keep it a secret. Ezra isn't out to his family either, and Bruce also doesn't really say anything to his family. Ezra's maternal family is all like John Constantine with their abilities within the occult and are consultants basically. Ezra has already joined the family business, which is an open secret within the jewish community within Gotham. I like to think that a lot of bubbled of jewish people know about the occult stuff that happens within the dc universe before it starts to become public knowledge. So Bruce already knew and found out more after he returned with his Batman paranoia. Ezra then finds out about the Batman stuff after Bruce needs his help on a case, so they work together when their cases overlap. Then Dick joins Bruce's family and him and Ezra get along like a house on fire, but Dick is obviously still the angry Robin due to the death of his family and mishandling of his parents case and the fact that he was in juvie for no reason other than the fact that they had no room for him in an orphanage before getting taken in by Bruce. Eventually after Dick has been with Bruce for a year, and Bruce and Ezra have been together for awhile now (multiple years, but it was never agreed explicitly that they were exclusive, but It was sort of implied, but they never called each other boyfriends and though they never saw anyone else). I need to figure out the years still, but Bruce then proposes to Ezra since he's rich and they can get married anywhere, but Ezra rejects him (for many reasons, but mostly because he's scared). He blows up a bit at Bruce and then leaves Gotham entirely. Bruce is devastated (but also he never asked if that's where they were going anyways, they have never talked about their relationship, so also on him for not communicating even if Ezra definitely would have wanted this if he wasn't so scared though). Years go by, Dick doesn't know why Ezra and Bruce weren't together anymore (he knew since he walked in on them kissing once and was talked to by Bruce), but thinks Bruce was the one at fault. but one day after the Justice League has been running for years at this point, Ezra is brought on a case by John Constanine, and it's obvious that Batman and Nightwing know him (Nightwing never told his siblings about Ezra and I don't think most of them know Bruce is bi) since Nightwing basically jumps him with a hug. There is tension, but Ezra and Bruce talk during the mission at one point when they are alone with Ezra telling him that he misses Bruce and that he would like to try again, and Bruce apologizes to Ezra for not talking to him ahead of time. (also Kate is Batwoman at this point and has come out to their family and gay marriage is legalized at this point) They agree to try again as friends since Ezra is returning home.

[starryaugust]

Bruce Wayne is so jewish mother coded

[captainlordauditor]

@dickgraysonweek  Day 3: Growing up as the First Child Hero

Ma Nishtana (traditionally performed by the youngest present at a seder) gets a little strange when Robin and Shazam are both present.

[monowritestoomuch]

I was today years old when I learned Batman is Jewish

[capsrecedinghairline]

Just saw a clip where David Mazouz talks about how a WB exec called him “too Jewy” to play young Bruce Wayne so uhhh now I have decided that Bruce should have thick curly hair, he should have bold, broad features, he be exactly what people think of when they stereotype Jews.

And yeah, obviously there is no singular way to “look Jewish”. That’s not the point. The point is that a Jewish kid had to load his hair down with gel in order to play a canonically Jewish character. I shouldn’t have to spell out the rest for you.

The point is visibility. The point is that Jewish-American comic book innovators used the concept of superheroes’ secret identities to explore identity and assimilation. The point is that I want Bruce Wayne in a kippah and I’m not gonna shut up about it.

[saturn-saturniidae]

so the word lazarus is actually biblical in origin! it’s the name of someone who was apparently revived from the dead by jesus (pretty fitting for the pits). the hebrew version of this name is eleazar, which means god has helped.

the point of this post is that damian’s hebrew name is אלעזר (eleazar), bc i’m a jewish waynes truther.

[frownyalfred]

joke’s on everyone sending me shit because I’m going to Jewishpost about Bruce Wayne even harder now.

reasons I think Bruce Wayne is a Jewish Dad (non-canon reasons, just things he does that remind me of Jewish Dads I know):

he has longstanding beef with multiple people downtown but won’t explain

currently walking around with an injury he should’ve seen a doctor about at least two years ago

observing his kid do something stupid and hurt themselves “why did you do that?”

either has no adult friends at all or has a bunch but they’re all kinda weird so he never brings them up

happiest with the NYT crossword and coffee strong enough to pass as rocket fuel

loves his children. has trouble saying this out loud, explicitly, to his children

can fall asleep anywhere

[shewolf-sinclair]

Damian moved in with Bruce at age like… 8? 10? either way he had been raised by LOA up till that point and knew nothing of his jewish heritage. when he moved in w B, you bet he was asking so many questions. bro speedran his torah study and was ready for his bar-mitzvah faster than any teen in history. what normallt takes 9ish years to learn in hebrew school he learned in like 3-5. and he’ll never admit it but he did it to be closer to Bruce.

of course his mitzvah was a huge gotham event. and he aced it, doing his torah portion with perfect pronunciation and grace.

[nightwings-puphood]

you don't understand. batman will never kill somebody because of pikuach nefesh. to destroy a life is to destroy a world. are you listening to me.

[scribbling-scientist]

Inspired by the discord convo that @littlegreenfag 's Post about Jewish Riddler in turn inspired

Convo and answer under the cut

[lakeofthesocknessmonster]

What do you MEAN batman isn't "canonically jewish", as far as I'm concerned he and batwoman dressed up as each other for purim