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Bruce Wayne IS Jewish!, please correct this

Bruce Wayne is Jewish through halacha Jewish law!

DC Accidentally Made Batman Jewish | CBR^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8003:D95F:3301:B86B:FB2C:5F34:C6BD (talk) 13:49, 18 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There's no correction to be made, as he isn't Jewish in canon. He may be Jewish in a comic, but that doesn't mean he's a Jewish as a character. This is a generalization, although I appreciate the concern. Dcdiehardfan (talk) 07:08, 10 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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^ Genetically speaking, Bruce is half-Jewish, but at no point in his history has the character practiced the religion of Judaism. It has been explicitly stated that, as a child, Bruce was raised in his father's faith as an Episcopalian. It's also been made clear that as an adult, Batman is an affirmed atheist.10 Apr 2020
^ Is Batman Jewish or Christian in DC Comics Canon? | Screen ... screenrant.com › Comics News 3 Dec 2019 — For all he was brought up as a Christian, Bruce Wayne is clearly of Jewish heritage. This is actually established through his cousin Kate Kane, ...
^ Is Batman Jewish or Christian in DC Comics Canon? | Screen ... screenrant.com › Comics News 3 Dec 2019 — For all he was brought up as a Christian, Bruce Wayne is clearly of Jewish heritage. This is actually established through his cousin Kate Kane, ...
^ #jewish bruce wayne on Tumblr www.tumblr.com › tagged › jewish+bruce+wayne All in all, I would say it is very likely that Bruce is technically Jewish. More likely than not. An accident? Yes. But a good one for all of us Jewish fans. #more on how ...
^ DC Accidentally Makes Batman Jewish - Israellycool www.israellycool.com › Aussie Dave 25 May 2020 — Bruce Wayne is rich enough to dress up as a bat and run around Gotham beating up criminals and get away with it. However, although Bruc is ...
^ The 20 Greatest Jewish Super Heroes in the DC Universe www.dcuniverseinfinite.com › news › 20-greatest-jewis... 8 Oct 2019 — This would make Bruce Wayne culturally Jewish, from his mother's side. According to the vast majority of opinions in Judaic scripture, one is ...

Batman & Harvey Dent Allies

User:Reggie Osborne Why are you so insistent on keeping Harvey Dent out of the partnerships?? Harvey Dent is his VERY FIRST ally, therefore it makes sense he should be included Greasy mech (talk) 03:00, 28 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User:Greasy mech why are you so insistent on keeping Harvey Dent in as partnerships?? Batman has had many many allies throughout the years, out of the many heroes he’s worked with, this is the one you’re hellbent on keeping. Reggie Osborne (talk) 19:09, 28 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User:Reggie Osborne Uh because he was canonically his very first ally and an important part of his canon.. That's what differentiates him from the others and why I want to include him

Move discussion in progress

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Mistake in fictional character biography

In the paragraph about the story “bruce wayne: fugitive” the name of the character mentioned is “Vesper Fairchild” an not “Vesper Lynd” which is a james bond franchise character (I was confused by this and looked it up) 5.29.38.47 (talk) 22:17, 1 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Genetically speaking, Bruce is half-Jewish, but at no point in his history has the character practiced the religion of Judaism. It has been explicitly stated that, as a child, Bruce was raised in his father's faith as an Episcopalian. It's also been made clear that as an adult, Batman is an affirmed atheist.10 Apr 2020

[2] Is Batman Jewish or Christian in DC Comics Canon? | Screen ... screenrant.com › Comics News 3 Dec 2019 — For all he was brought up as a Christian, Bruce Wayne is clearly of Jewish heritage. This is actually established through his cousin Kate Kane, ...

[3] Is Batman Jewish or Christian in DC Comics Canon? | Screen ... screenrant.com › Comics News 3 Dec 2019 — For all he was brought up as a Christian, Bruce Wayne is clearly of Jewish heritage. This is actually established through his cousin Kate Kane, ...

[4] #jewish bruce wayne on Tumblr www.tumblr.com › tagged › jewish+bruce+wayne All in all, I would say it is very likely that Bruce is technically Jewish. More likely than not. An accident? Yes. But a good one for all of us Jewish fans. #more on how ...

[5] DC Accidentally Makes Batman Jewish - Israellycool www.israellycool.com › Aussie Dave 25 May 2020 — Bruce Wayne is rich enough to dress up as a bat and run around Gotham beating up criminals and get away with it. However, although Bruc is ...

[6] The 20 Greatest Jewish Super Heroes in the DC Universe www.dcuniverseinfinite.com › news › 20-greatest-jewis... 8 Oct 2019 — This would make Bruce Wayne culturally Jewish, from his mother's side. According to the vast majority of opinions in Judaic scripture, one is ...

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