BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Baltimore County Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:Baltimore County Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:014e63af-0e63-49bc-89e9-e1518418b806 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260901T061301Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260916T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260916T150000 SUMMARY:Speaker Series LOCATION:Pikesville Branch\nPikesville Branch X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Pikesville Branch;X-APPLE- RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Pikesville Branch:geo:39.3756667,-76.7232807 GEO:39.3756667;-76.7232807 DESCRIPTION:Rabbi Larry Pinsker presents "New Gods for a New Land: A Curat ed Tour of How Immigrant Jews Invented the Modern Superhero Comic Book.".\ nhttps://bcplinfo.libnet.info/event/16797560 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

While there was an occasional bit of slang Yiddish inserted into the continuity of some comics\, the origins of comi c books and particularly those featuring superheroes were the product of e arly 20th century immigrant Jews and their teenage children. Pinsker discu sses the origin of the graphic novel industry as well as how ancient ideal s and spiritual values of the Jewish people emerged in the ethics and "myt hology" of comic book characters.

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Presented as part of the Yiddish Book Center's Public Libraries Program \;Between Two Worlds\, in part nership with the American Library Association and funded by Lilly Endowmen t\, Inc.

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