Marvel Enterainment, a subsidiary of Disney, is under fire for erasing the Israeli heritage of longtime Jewish superhero Sabra ahead of her appearance in a new movie.
Marvel Entertainment is making headlines in the Jewish press for changing the identity of a longtime Israeli character for her appearance in its forthcoming movie, "Captain America: Brave New World." The superhero that received an update is Ruth Bat-Seraph, first introduced in Marvel comics over 40 years ago as an agent to the Mossad, Israel's international intelligence agency. She was a mutant with an alter-ego named Sabra, which is a Hebrew term for anyone born in Israel.
Now, Marvel is under fire from pro-Israel activists, who accuse the studio of bending to political pressure and "erasing" Sabra's Israeli identity. In an announcement accompanying the release of the movie's trailer last week, there is no mention of Sabra, but only the character's original name, Ruth Bat-Seraph. There is also no mention of Israel or the Mossad, as Ruth Bat-Seraph is instead described as "a former Black Widow" that is now a "high-ranking U.S.
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