#TIL - A Congressman was once sworn in on a #Superman comic book.

Some on the right are outraged that #Mamdani took his oath of office on a #Quran . But at least three #NYC Mayors have been sworn in on a #Torah , several elected officials have used only a copy of the Constitution, and Donald never touched a Bible at all when swearing in for this last term.

In 2023, California Congressman Robert Garcia (D) outdid them all. He took his #OathOfOffice on a #Superman comic book. It was placed in a stack of items that meant a lot to him, including a photo of his late parents and his citizenship certificate. It was a rare copy of Action Comics # 1 (first appearance of Superman) from the Library of Congress, so it did have historical significance.

As a Superman fan myself, I know he was taking advantage of the opportunity to hold a copy of that treasure in his hands for just a minute, and I completely endorse the idea. Buying his own copy would have set him back millions of dollars, but that brief moment of "geeking out" was free, thanks to our National Archives.

#MayorMamdani #ZohranMamdani #NY #DCU #DCcomics #NewYorkCity #ActionComics1 #SwearingInCeremonies #Religion #FreedomOfReligion

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Why this congressman is using Superman comic for swearing-in

When Robert Garcia is sworn in to Congress, he will have a vintage Superman comic with him.

^{By Brandon Drenon (BBC News)}

quería compartir el trabajo de Jes and Cin Wibowo, par de artistas gemelas idénticas de Indonesia que —entre muchas de las cosas que hacen— de repente hacen pequeñas historias de Superman y Lois Lane. Sus versiones de estos personajes son geniales, muy interesantes, frescas. Le aportan cosas nuevas y cercanas al mundo de Superman, mientras mantienen su estilo propio. Una maravilla. No tienen Mastodon, así que les comparto su IG para que lo exploren un poco. #superman

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Jes & Cin on Instagram: "A comic about hope and connection. (1/2) part 2 in the next post ☀️ #superman #dccomics #loislane #clarkkent #fanart #fancomic"

737 likes, 32 comments - jesncin on February 10, 2024: "A comic about hope and connection. (1/2) part 2 in the next post ☀️ #superman #dccomics #loislane #clarkkent #fanart #fancomic".

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A lot of Jewish people hid their religion & their ethnicity after coming to the U.S. #AntiSemitism was not only in Germany, it was all over.

When you watch a #Superman movie or read the comics, you see a character created by two Jewish boys about a man from another world, with a secret identity, who puts on glasses and a suit to blend into the world around him.

That's who Superman is. He's the first-generation immigrant who was once called Kal-El, and is now Clark Kent.

But here's the important part:
NO ONE KNOWS his true identity.

He is a metaphor for so many first-generation Jewish people in the late 1800s/early 1900s, who hid their #Jewish #ancestry and changed their names to blend in.

Do you have Jewish ancestors? Look at your tree. Find the "Russian,” "Polish," “Ukrainian,” and "Czech" immigrants. Your Jewish ancestor probably comes from there. Research terms like "Shtetle" and "Pogroms."

#SupermanDay #Superman #Genealogy #JewishGenealogy #Geneadons @geneadons