Superman took a break from saving the world last week to wrap tefillin for the first time. He was later joined by Thor and Batman. It reads like the beginning of a joke, but for some ardent comic fans who belong to the Tribe, it’s just another day at Comic-Con 2014.
In the cosplay—costume play—wonderland that is Comic-Con, a four-day gathering in San Diego, another kind of costume stood out among the thousands of Klingons, Jokers and Princess Leias—a group of young bearded men adorned in typical Hasidic dress. The two young Chabad rabbis came to San Diego to seek out Jewish participants at the geek-culture mecca that attracts over 130,000 fans every year.
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From Tablet Magazine
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