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The Library of Congress exhibition "From Haven to Home : 350 Years of
Jewish Life in America" includes a copy of _Mendy and the Golem_ #1
(July 1981). There's no image at the online version of the exhibit
(http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/haventohome/haven-home.html), but here's
the description :

"The Mendy and the Golem comic book series features the story of a
Hasidic child, Mendy Klein, and his protector, a golem named Sholem.
In Jewish lore, a golem is an artificially created being that is
endowed with supernatural powers. In the words of its
creators, "Mendy and the Golem is a comic book with a difference. And
the difference is that it's not only designed to entertain your
children, but to educate them." Each of the early issues emphasized a
particular mitzvah [commandment]; the premiere issue of the series
focused on the commandment of hospitality to guests."

***

There's a Jewish comic strip on one of those pay-for-view online
comics websites that are popping up.

Here's the description of the strip by its author, Barry Deutsch :

"Hereville is about the adventures of Mirka, a twelve-year-old
Hasidic girl living in the isolated town of Aherville. ("Aher" is
Yiddish for "here.") The stories told in Hereville will follow Mirka
as she faces fairy-tale figures such as demons, ogres, dragons and
witches; and also as she faces growing older in a joyful, but
extremely cloistered, Hasidic town."

The website for the toon is http://www.girlamatic.com/series.php?
name=hereville&view=current

From that site, you can click on the "Free Samples" link.

Current price of subscription is $2.95 / month.

***

There's an online "comic" (a cartoon using Flash) at the following
website :

http://jewishkidsonline.com/holidays/shavuot/story/










Tue Feb 1, 2005 4:40 am

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