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Valley | Valley published a travel book, ''The Great Jewish Cities of Central and Eastern Europe: A Travel Guide and Resource Book to Prague, Warsaw, Crakow, and Budapest'' (1999, Jason Aronson).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Valley |first=Eli |title=The great Jewish cities of Central and Eastern Europe: a travel guide and resource book to Prague, Warsaw, Crakow, and Budapest |date=1998 |publisher=Aronson |isbn=978-0-7657-6000-5 |location=Northvale, NJ}}</ref> | ||
In October 2013, after Valley satirized [[Abraham Foxman]] as an antisemite for his antagonism toward anti-Zionist Jews,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-28 |title=It Happened on Halloween |url=https://forward.com/opinion/186350/it-happened-on-halloween/ |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=The Forward |language=en}}</ref> Foxman pressured the newspaper to stop publishing Valley's work.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Riesman |first=Abraham |date=2019-02-20 |title=Eli Valley Is the Angriest Political Cartoonist in America |url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/02/eli-valley-diaspora-boy-zionism-israel.html |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=Vulture |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Prince |first=Cathryn J. |title=How satire got a cartoonist fired from a Jewish newspaper |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/how-satire-got-a-cartoonist-fired-from-a-jewish-newspaper/ |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=www.timesofisrael.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Goldman |first=Nathan |date=11 November 2017 |title="Redefining Jewish Authenticity: An Interview with Eli Valley" |url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/redefining-jewish-authenticity-an-interview-with-eli-valley/}}</ref> | Valley was artist-in-residence at ''[[The Forward]]'' from 2011 to 2013.<ref>{{Cite news |title=How America's Most Controversial 'non-Zionist' Comic Sparked Outrage With His New 'Bigoted' Book on Diaspora Jews |language=en |work=Haaretz |url=https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/2017-08-15/ty-article/how-americas-most-controversial-non-zionist-comic-sparked-outrage-with-his-new-bigoted-book-on-diaspora-jews/0000017f-e382-d7b2-a77f-e38750180000 |access-date=2023-04-14}}</ref> In October 2013, after Valley satirized [[Abraham Foxman]] as an antisemite for his antagonism toward anti-Zionist Jews,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-28 |title=It Happened on Halloween |url=https://forward.com/opinion/186350/it-happened-on-halloween/ |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=The Forward |language=en}}</ref> Foxman pressured the newspaper to stop publishing Valley's work.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Riesman |first=Abraham |date=2019-02-20 |title=Eli Valley Is the Angriest Political Cartoonist in America |url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/02/eli-valley-diaspora-boy-zionism-israel.html |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=Vulture |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Prince |first=Cathryn J. |title=How satire got a cartoonist fired from a Jewish newspaper |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/how-satire-got-a-cartoonist-fired-from-a-jewish-newspaper/ |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=www.timesofisrael.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Goldman |first=Nathan |date=11 November 2017 |title="Redefining Jewish Authenticity: An Interview with Eli Valley" |url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/redefining-jewish-authenticity-an-interview-with-eli-valley/}}</ref> | ||
In 2017, Valley published ''Diaspora Boy: Comics on Crisis in America and Israel'' (2017, OR Books),<ref>{{Cite book |last=Valley |first=Eli |title=Diaspora boy: comics on crisis in America and Israel |last2=Beinart |first2=Peter |date=2017 |publisher=OR Books |isbn=978-1-68219-070-8 |edition=First printing |location=New York}}</ref> a collection of comics and essays exploring American Jewish identity and the relationship of American Jews with Israel.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Buhle |first=Paul |title=Diaspora Boy: Comics on Crisis in America and Israel |url=https://www.tcj.com/reviews/diaspora-boy-comics-on-crisis-in-america-and-israel/ |access-date=2024-12-09 |website=The Comics Journal |language=en-US}}</ref> In ''The Los Angeles Review of Books'', Nathan Goldman wrote, "The book is not only a towering artistic achievement and a disturbing chronicle of American Jewry’s relationship to Israel over the last 10 years, but also a battle cry for a resurgent American Jewish left in a harrowing time of far-right power in the United States and Israel." | |||
Writing in ''[[New York (magazine)#Digital|Vulture]]'', Abraham Riesman has referred to Valley's work as "expressionist [and] woodcut-esque."<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/02/eli-valley-diaspora-boy-zionism-israel.html|title=Eli Valley is the Angriest Political Cartoonist in America|date=February 20, 2019|first=Abraham|last=Riesman|magazine=Vulture (New York Magazine)|access-date=August 17, 2022|via=vulture.com}}</ref> | Writing in ''[[New York (magazine)#Digital|Vulture]]'', Abraham Riesman has referred to Valley's work as "expressionist [and] woodcut-esque."<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/02/eli-valley-diaspora-boy-zionism-israel.html|title=Eli Valley is the Angriest Political Cartoonist in America|date=February 20, 2019|first=Abraham|last=Riesman|magazine=Vulture (New York Magazine)|access-date=August 17, 2022|via=vulture.com}}</ref> | ||
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Valley's "Schlonged!," about [[Donald Trump]]'s obsession with size, was selected for ''The Best American Comics 2017''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107811028/breaking-down-writings-best/|title=Breaking down writing's 'Best': ''The Best American Comics 2017''|date=December 24, 2017|first=Brian|last=Truitt|work=The Springfield (Missouri) News-Leader|access-date=August 17, 2022|page=C2|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> | Valley's "Schlonged!," about [[Donald Trump]]'s obsession with size, was selected for ''The Best American Comics 2017''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107811028/breaking-down-writings-best/|title=Breaking down writing's 'Best': ''The Best American Comics 2017''|date=December 24, 2017|first=Brian|last=Truitt|work=The Springfield (Missouri) News-Leader|access-date=August 17, 2022|page=C2|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> | ||
In March 2019, Valley drew a cartoon satirizing [[Meghan McCain]]'s appropriation of Jewish identity<ref>{{Cite web |title=Here's @MeghanMcCain. Shabbat Shalom.|url=https://twitter.com/elivalley/status/1104023152651313152 |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-03-11 |title=Eli Valley is Not Sorry |url=https://popula.com/2019/03/11/eli-valley-is-not-sorry/ |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=Popula |language=en-US}}</ref> after McCain wept while castigating Ilhan Omar as an antisemite for her remarks about Israel on "[[The View (talk show)|The View]]."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Flood |first=Brian |date=2019-03-07 |title=Emotional Meghan McCain slams anti-Semitism: 'What Ilhan Omar is saying is very scary' |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/emotional-meghan-mccain-slams-anti-semitism-what-ilhan-omar-is-saying-is-very-scary |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-03-07 |title=Meghan McCain brought to tears during anti-Semitism debate: 'What Ilhan Omar is saying is very scary' |url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/meghan-mccain-brought-tears-anti-semitism-debate-ilhan-omar-saying-scary-200222126.html |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=Yahoo Life |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-03-07 |title=Oh God, Meghan McCain Cried About Ilhan Omar |url=https://splinternews.com/oh-god-no-oh-god-no-oh-god-no-oh-god-no-1833136333 |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=Splinter |language=en}}</ref> McCain called the cartoon "one of the most anti-semitic things I've ever seen,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Garcia |first=Victor |date=2019-03-08 |title=Meghan McCain accuses Jewish artist of anti-Semitism after mocking her comments on Omar |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/meghan-mccain-accuses-jewish-artist-of-anti-semitism-after-mocking-her-comments-on-omar |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}</ref> which caused controversy<ref>{{Cite news |last=Grove |first=Lloyd |date=2019-07-03 |title=Meghan McCain, Feeling Like an 'Exhausted, Defeated .. Caged Animal,' May Exit 'The View' |language=en |work=The Daily Beast |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/meghan-mccain-feeling-like-an-exhausted-defeated-caged-animal-may-exit-the-view |access-date=2023-05-25}}</ref> and discussion about Christian Zionist allegations of antisemitism.<ref>{{Cite web |author=ToI Staff |last2=Agencies |title=Meghan McCain raps anti-Semitism, gets 'anti-Semitic' treatment by Jewish artist |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/meghan-mccain-raps-anti-semitism-gets-anti-semitic-treatment-by-jewish-artist/ |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=www.timesofisrael.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ezra Koenig schools Meghan McCain on antisemitism |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/03/08/ezra-koenig-anti-semitism-meghan-mccain-twitter |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=The FADER |language=en | In March 2019, Valley drew a cartoon satirizing [[Meghan McCain]]'s appropriation of Jewish identity<ref>{{Cite web |title=Here's @MeghanMcCain. Shabbat Shalom.|url=https://twitter.com/elivalley/status/1104023152651313152 |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-03-11 |title=Eli Valley is Not Sorry |url=https://popula.com/2019/03/11/eli-valley-is-not-sorry/ |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=Popula |language=en-US}}</ref> after McCain wept while castigating Ilhan Omar as an antisemite for her remarks about Israel on "[[The View (talk show)|The View]]."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Flood |first=Brian |date=2019-03-07 |title=Emotional Meghan McCain slams anti-Semitism: 'What Ilhan Omar is saying is very scary' |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/emotional-meghan-mccain-slams-anti-semitism-what-ilhan-omar-is-saying-is-very-scary |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-03-07 |title=Meghan McCain brought to tears during anti-Semitism debate: 'What Ilhan Omar is saying is very scary' |url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/meghan-mccain-brought-tears-anti-semitism-debate-ilhan-omar-saying-scary-200222126.html |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=Yahoo Life |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-03-07 |title=Oh God, Meghan McCain Cried About Ilhan Omar |url=https://splinternews.com/oh-god-no-oh-god-no-oh-god-no-oh-god-no-1833136333 |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=Splinter |language=en}}</ref> McCain called the cartoon "one of the most anti-semitic things I've ever seen,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Garcia |first=Victor |date=2019-03-08 |title=Meghan McCain accuses Jewish artist of anti-Semitism after mocking her comments on Omar |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/meghan-mccain-accuses-jewish-artist-of-anti-semitism-after-mocking-her-comments-on-omar |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}</ref> which caused controversy<ref>{{Cite news |last=Grove |first=Lloyd |date=2019-07-03 |title=Meghan McCain, Feeling Like an 'Exhausted, Defeated .. Caged Animal,' May Exit 'The View' |language=en |work=The Daily Beast |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/meghan-mccain-feeling-like-an-exhausted-defeated-caged-animal-may-exit-the-view |access-date=2023-05-25}}</ref> and discussion about [[Christian Zionist]] allegations of antisemitism.<ref>{{Cite web |author=ToI Staff |last2=Agencies |title=Meghan McCain raps anti-Semitism, gets 'anti-Semitic' treatment by Jewish artist |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/meghan-mccain-raps-anti-semitism-gets-anti-semitic-treatment-by-jewish-artist/ |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=www.timesofisrael.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ezra Koenig schools Meghan McCain on antisemitism |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/03/08/ezra-koenig-anti-semitism-meghan-mccain-twitter |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref> | ||
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Eli Valley is an American cartoonist and author. He is best known for his political cartoons, which often feature prominent politicians, businesspeople, and media personalities.
Early life and education
Valley was born in Rhode Island, and grew up Troy, New York, and New Jersey. His father was a Conservative rabbi, while his mother was secular. Valley has one sister. He attended Jewish day school until 8th grade, and received an undergraduate degree in English from Cornell University.[1][2][3] While at Cornell, Valley contributed cartoons to The Cornell Daily Sun, the student newspaper.[3]
Career
Valley published a travel book, The Great Jewish Cities of Central and Eastern Europe: A Travel Guide and Resource Book to Prague, Warsaw, Crakow, and Budapest (1999, Jason Aronson).[4]
Valley was artist-in-residence at The Forward from 2011 to 2013.[5] In October 2013, after Valley satirized Abraham Foxman as an antisemite for his antagonism toward anti-Zionist Jews,[6] Foxman pressured the newspaper to stop publishing Valley's work.[7][8][9]
In 2017, Valley published Diaspora Boy: Comics on Crisis in America and Israel (2017, OR Books),[10] a collection of comics and essays exploring American Jewish identity and the relationship of American Jews with Israel.[11] In The Los Angeles Review of Books, Nathan Goldman wrote, "The book is not only a towering artistic achievement and a disturbing chronicle of American Jewry’s relationship to Israel over the last 10 years, but also a battle cry for a resurgent American Jewish left in a harrowing time of far-right power in the United States and Israel."
Writing in Vulture, Abraham Riesman has referred to Valley's work as "expressionist [and] woodcut-esque."[12]
Valley contributed illustrations to The Chapo Guide to Revolution.[13] Writing in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Will Tomer said the book resembled "an old-school MAD Magazine, thanks in part to the stomach-turning illustrations of Eli Valley."[14]
Valley's "Schlonged!," about Donald Trump's obsession with size, was selected for The Best American Comics 2017.[15]
In March 2019, Valley drew a cartoon satirizing Meghan McCain's appropriation of Jewish identity[16][17] after McCain wept while castigating Ilhan Omar as an antisemite for her remarks about Israel on "The View."[18][19][20] McCain called the cartoon "one of the most anti-semitic things I've ever seen,"[21] which caused controversy[22] and discussion about Christian Zionist allegations of antisemitism.[23][24]
Bibliography
Non-fiction
- Great Jewish Cities of Central and Eastern Europe: A Travel Guide & Resource Book to Prague, Warsaw, Crakow & Budapest (1999)
Collections
- Diaspora Boy: Comics on Crisis in America and Israel (2017, OR Books)
References
External links
- Personal website
- Twitter page
- Jewish Currents cartoon archives (2017-present)
- cartoon archives from The Forward
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