copperbadge:

Huh! I’d like to see the post(s), I bet they have an interesting take on it. They could be basing it off Andrew Garfield’s statements that Spider-man is Jewish, which while valid are founded on inference on his part. (Mainly that he’s a neurotic, nebbishy wiseass from Queens, which is all totally true.) 

As far as I know, Peter Parker isn’t canonically stated to be Jewish in the comics; I haven’t read all of the Spider-man comics but I’ve read up through about 1979 or so, and there’s been no mention, though it could be there’s evidence for it in a later comic, my reading is not complete. He’s not included in art of Jewish superheroes that I’m aware of (like the Happy Hanukkah ads Marvel sometimes does) but then they don’t always include every Jewish person in the Marvel universe. If he were canonically stated as Jewish I would think that we would just be….IDK, culturally aware of it, the way we know Magneto and Ben Grimm and Kitty Pryde and Wiccan are – you would think that diversity would be latched onto and publicised.

Now, all that said, absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. There’s no reason Peter couldn’t be Jewish, as far as I know; I don’t think we’ve ever seen 616 Peter Parker in a church, except possibly for his wedding to MJ, and if that was in a church it could be honoring her wishes. He does have a church funeral in Ults, but that’s Ults. He was created by a Jewish writer, and it’s not like we’ve never had to read between the lines in comics before to find diversity. For good or ill, “Jewish” is often a status that is encoded in literature rather than stated, so having to dig a little to get to a conclusion is pretty justified. 

If there is canon about Peter’s faith/heritage, hopefully the readership can pipe up about it. I don’t see any reason he can’t be Jewish and I support Jewish Spider-man headcanons, but I’m not sure one can call it whitewashing if there’s no canon about it one way or another. That’s quite semantic, though, and I wouldn’t go to the trouble of picking a fight with someone over it. Certainly a more diverse Spider-man would be a welcome breath of fresh air, and I don’t think complaints about the newest supawhite Spider-man are out of line.   

It’s not proof or anything, just a cute moment, but Spider-man does wish Clint Happy Hannukah in Hawkeye 006.:)