dc - Is there any **official** confirmation that Superman was meant to "be Jewish"?

I know that there is a common meme/logic that Superman possesses some/many "Jew-like" characteristics, in part because his creators were Jewish.

But that could be either intentional or unintentional.

Is there any confirmation from Superman writers that the Jewish-likeness was intentional?

Answer

Found it in my email archives (_{sorry, don't know where it was published, but it came from someone unlikely to pass along garbage}).

The quote is from Elliot S! Maggin:

Elliot S! Maggin (born 1950), is an American writer of comic books, film, television and novels. He was a main writer for DC Comics during the Bronze and early Modern ages of comics in the 1970s and 1980s. He is particularly associated with the character of Superman.

The quote was:

While they are not direct descendents of the Judeans of the Middle East from whom the term "Jewish" comes, I always ascribed effectively Jewish doctrine and ritual to the Kryptonian tradition. In fact, the Kryptonian tradition is congruent with and certainly predates the Judean, so they have at least as much claim to the tradition as any of us.

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I remember reading a direct quote from one of the main DC writers who wrote Superman that he viewed Superman as being Jewish-like because the whole Kryptonian religion was very close to Judaism.

I'll try to find the actual quote as proof.