Jewish American Heritage Month

Posted By admin on April 3, 2022

Moon Knight is an amalgamation of several aliases that exist because of the character's dissociative identity disorder. These monikers include the American mercenary Marc Spector, British gift-shop employee Steven Grant, the well-dressed Mr. Knight, and the titular superhero. However, as Oscar Isaac told USA Today, the real person is essentially a "Jewish Chicago guy who is enslaved to an Egyptian god," confirming that the MCU iteration of the character honors his Jewish legacy. Director Mohamed Diab also confirmed that the character's Jewish background is present in the Disney+ series in a recent tweet.

Of course, whether or not Moon Knight really is the first Jewish superhero in the MCU is up for debate. For instance, many people believe that Spider-Man (Tom Holland) is Jewish, even though this notion is more implied than factual (via STL Jewish Light). Wanda (Elisabeth Olsen) and Pietro Maximoff (Aaron Taylor Johnson), aka Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, also come from a Jewish background in the comics. However, their heritage is only acknowledged as Eastern European in the MCU, presumably due to Disney having to ignore their longstanding connection to Magneto, whose film rights were owned by 20th Century Fox prior to the studio's acquisition by Disney in 2019.

All in all, Moon Knight is the only outright confirmed Jewish superhero in the MCU as of this writing. At the same time, there is an argument to be made that he isn't the first due to the ambiguities surrounding other characters.

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Is Moon Knight The First Jewish Superhero In The MCU? - Looper

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