“No,” said Rabbi Levy firmly. “I’m afraid I can’t convert you to Judaism.”
“Very good,” said Vision. He bowed his head formally and rose to his feet. “I shall continue my quest elsewhere, then.”
The dust in the parking lot was still swirling with the force of his takeoff when Rabbi Levy remembered to say the blessing on seeing a superhero.
**
“I do not understand. This … rabbi lied to me? I understood that lying was not permitted in the Jewish religion.”
“It’s not a lie,” Wanda answered.
“But you have just told me that what he said was false. He will indeed teach me if I return.”
“Look, it’s like –“ Wanda groped for words. “It’s like a test. He has to send you away to see if you come back. He’s only allowed to say yes on the third visit.”
“I see,” said Vision thoughtfully.
**
“I am here for my obligatory second visit. I do not wish to waste your time. Please send me away so that I may return.”
Rabbi Levy opened his mouth, closed his mouth, opened his mouth again.
“One question, if I may. How long must I stay away for it to count as a separate visit?”
Rabbi Levy stopped gaping and smiled. “How about you just step outside the door and come back in? And Mr. Vision? I think you’ll do just fine.”
(This is really cute but at the same time it’s a little weird to me to portray Wanda as knowledgeable about Judaism–especially conversion, a topic I know nothing about?–when she’s never actually been portrayed as a member of the Jewish FAITH to the best of my knoweldge… Not that this shouldn’t have been written or anything. I guess it’s just if I was to talk about Wanda as a Jewish character I would probably approach it from the “assimilated Jew who is out of touch with their religious/cultural heritage tries to learn about it” perspective, which fits her character and I think describes the lived experiences of a lot of Jewish people in parts of America)
((in parentheses because idk I’m just spitballing my feelings not trying to call out the author or anything))
I was told that she was a Jew? That it was canonical? I forget where I read that.
(And I know a bit about conversion from researching it during my Jew-ish time.)
The point of this was that June 1st was supposed to be a day where people did Jewish-positive fanworks to Marvel canon to protest that whole Capt. America Hydra thing. Only apparently it didn’t really get out there much or catch on much because I only saw one person reblogging anything about it in advance, and this one piece.
Third Time’s the Charm
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