“The 99” are Muslim comic book superheroes and the creation of an American-educated artist, Naif al-Mutawa. Mutawa’s characters battle evil, and each character represents one of the 99 qualities that Muslims attribute to God. Read a Jan. 22, 2006, New York Times story about “The 99” at Adherents.com and an Oct. 5, 2011, CNN story about resistance to the comic book […]

Sharon Feiman-Nemser is a professor of Jewish education at Brandeis University and director of the Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education. She says Jews need to find ways to help unaffiliated and disaffected Jews discover meaning in the faith. A major challenge, she says, will be to ascertain ways to make this ancient faith […]

Read a Sept. 7, 2012, Religion News Service story about DC Comics introducing a new Muslim superhero.

Louis Feldman is a professor of classics and literature at Yeshiva University in New York City. He is an expert on conversion to Judaism and can discuss conversion from a historical perspective.

A Jan. 2, 2013, New York Times story previewed the conference at the Center for Jewish History and explored religious aspects of the most famous superhero.

Read a Feb. 1, 2013, Smart Set column about a conference at the Center for Jewish History that celebrated the Man of Steel’s 75th birthday — and focused on his Jewish roots.

Lynn Davidman is a professor of modern Jewish studies at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. She is an expert on those who leave Hasidic and Orthodox Judaism, both in the U.S. and in Israel.

Read an April 7, 2013, column in the Huffington Post by S. Brent Plate, a visiting associate professor of religious studies at Hamilton College.

Ann Stone is the head of Republicans for Choice in Alexandria, Va., which says its aim is to remove politics from the abortion debate.