Birthright also reinvents the Silver Age concept of Luthor befriending Clark Kent as a young man.

Birthright was initially intended to establish a new origin for Superman and Luthor.

As with Byrne's conflicting view of Krypton, the Birthright origins of Jor-El, Krypton, and Lex Luthor have recently been retconned, and, following Infinite Crisis, they are no longer valid in comics canon.

In Pre-Crisis continuity, Lex grew up in Smallville alongside Clark Kent, and subsequent continuity retcons ( in Birthright and further changes post-Action Comics # 850 ) have reintroduced new variations of the Smallville origin to the modern Luthor, largely to create greater similarity with the TV show Smallville.

Also, Luthor now admits to being from Smallville, while in Birthright, he refused to admit he had ever been to the town and had erased all evidence of his being there.

During his tenure as archbishop, he founded nine nursing homes ; Birthright, which offers women alternatives to abortion ; the Inner-City Scholarship Fund, which provides financial aid for inner-city Catholic schools ; an Archdiocesan Housing Development Program, providing housing to New York's disadvantaged ; and the Catholic New York, the archdiocesan newspaper.

Judah's Sceptre and Joseph's Birthright ; Race Versus Grace ; The Sceptre and The Birthright ; Jacob's Seed Divided Into Two Kingdoms ; All Israelites Are Not Jews ; The Broken Brotherhood ; Ephraim-Samaria -- Israel's Idolatry ; Samaria-Israel Cast Out And Cast Off ; The Jews Go To Babylon And Return ; Joseph-Israel Lost.

About one-quarter of funding comes from the Government of Israel, and about one-fifth is contributed by Jewish organizations and communities, such as North American Jewish Federations through the United Jewish Communities ( UJC ), Keren Hayesod, and the Jewish Agency for Israel ; and many leading private philanthropists through the Birthright Israel Foundation, including Charles Bronfman, Michael Steinhardt and Lynn Schusterman.

Most crisis pregnancy centers are affiliated with several major pro-life organizations that fund CPCs ; these are Care Net, Heartbeat International, Birthright International, and National Institute of Family and Life Advocates ( NIFLA ).

In contrast to overt Christian perspective of most CPC networks, Birthright International has a stated philosophy of non-evangelism.

The Infinite Crisis storyline altered Superman's history so that Birthright and John Byrne's The Man of Steel mini-series were removed as Superman's canonical origin.

With art by Adam Kubert, the design of Kryptonian society is distinct yet again from Birthright, incorporating elements of both pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths continuity and Donner's work on the first two Christopher Reeve films, in particular the notion of Krypton's Council threatening Jor-El with harsh punishment were he to make public his predictions of their planet's imminent doom.

Superman's symbol is given a Kryptonian origin in the film ( as Smallville and Mark Waid's Superman: Birthright would years later ).

* Muldwych from the novel Birthright – a possible exile who had his TARDIS taken away ( it is strongly implied in Birthright and Happy Endings that Muldwych is a future incarnation of the Doctor )

Other programs that are instrumental in instilling Israel in youth is Birthright Israel, a short-term Israel experience.

Albedo is a role-playing game based on Steve Gallacci's " Erma Felna: EDF " and " Birthright " storylines, from the funny animal comic anthologies Albedo Anthropomorphics and Critters.

He is recognized as one of the leaders of the Southern Renaissance for his novels Birthright, The Forge, The Store and the Unfinished Cathedral.

With art by Adam Kubert, Jor-El is depicted for the first time with a beard and the design of Kryptonian society is distinct yet again from Birthright and Man of Steel, incorporating elements of Donner's work on the first two Christopher Reeve films, in particular the notion of Krypton's Council threatening Jor-El with harsh penalty of exile to the very Phantom Zone he himself had discovered if he were to make public his predictions of their planet's imminent doom or otherwise attempt to " create a climate of panic.

The Superman: Birthright miniseries reinstated several Silver Age elements of Superman, one of which is Kandor.

James Ho has expressed a similar view to that of Rodriguez, saying that " Birthright citizenship is guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment.

He is well known for his eight-year run as writer of the DC Comics ' title The Flash, as well as his scripting of the limited series Kingdom Come and Superman: Birthright, and his work on Marvel Comics ' Captain America.

In Larry Niven's Ringworld series, the character Teela Brown is a result of several generations of winners of the " Birthright Lottery ", a system which attempts to encourage lucky people to breed, treating good luck as a genetic trait.

In the 2004 miniseries Superman: Birthright, Lex's father is not a billionaire himself, but immediately puts Lex to work making millions for him as soon as he discoveres his son's astronomical IQ.

( Witch is Dreams made flesh — the incarnation of dreams heard and then woven into tangled webs by the Weaver of Dreams, or the Queen Weaver, a small spider found on Arachnia ) She has 12 uncut Jewels, one of every color, for her Birthright, along with the 13 uncut Black Jewels.

He, like his father and brother, is a Warlord Prince with Birthright Red Jewels.

They have taken up arms " in defence of the Freedom that is our Birthright and which we ever enjoyed until the late Violation of it ", and will " lay them down when Hostilities shall cease on the part of the Aggressors ".

Because of the changes in Superman's history in recent years, including 2003-2004's miniseries Birthright, much is not certain about Perry's history.

Allen is best known for his book titled Judah's Sceptre and Joseph's Birthright, which many have claimed formed the foundation for the teachings on British-Israelism of Herbert W. Armstrong.

Judah's Sceptre and Joseph's Birthright states that it is: " An Analysis of the Prophecies of the Scriptures in regard to the Royal Family of Judah and the Many Nations of Israel, the Lost Ten Tribes.

Judah's Sceptre and Joseph's Birthright is divided into three parts:

Taglit-Birthright Israel ( also Birthright Israel or Birthright ) is a not-for-profit educational organization that sponsors free 10-day heritage trips to Israel for Jewish young adults.

As part of his official roles in Parliament and the Israeli government, Melchior was involved with Birthright Israel, an organization that has brought over 200, 000 young Jews to explore their heritage in Israel and the Yachad Council, which promotes dialogue between secular and religious Jews ,, and he founded and continues to serve as honorary chairman of the Citizens ' Accord Forum Between Jews and Arabs in Israel.

The Birthright Israel program was initiated in 1994 and founded in cooperation with Charles Bronfman and Michael Steinhardt, as well as the Israeli government, private philanthropists, the Jewish Agency for Israel, and Jewish communities around the world.

As of December 2011, the " Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 " has not yet been brought up for discussion or voted upon in either house of Congress.

Superman: Birthright, a limited series written by Mark Waid in 2004, offers an alternate look at Luthor's history, including his youth in Smallville, and his first encounter with Superman.

The 2004 limited series Superman: Birthright has a young Clark Kent study the Meisner technique to move seamlessly between his Clark and Superman personas ( dropping his head, lowering his shoulders, and talking in a lighter tone as Clark Kent, while standing straight and talking in a deeper tone as Superman ).

" Birthright " is based on the speculation that this behavior could be a fundamental trait of humans, which would be exhibited in just the same way towards extraterrestrial aliens.

Stribling ’ s novel Birthright, Fauset recognized a dearth of positive depictions of African American experience in contemporary literature, and thereby set out to portray African American life as realistically, and as positively, as possible.

The 2004 series Superman: Birthright also explained that Superman's eyes are an inhumanly vivid shade of blue, which Clark's glasses diffuse to make his eyes appear more human.

In the retrospective section of the Superman: Birthright trade paperback, Waid explains:

As shown previously in Superman: Birthright and the pre-Crisis stories, he spends part of his adolescence in Smallville, Kansas, where he meets Clark Kent, Lana Lang, and Pete Ross.

In the 2004 mini-series Superman: Birthright, a new retelling of Superman's origin and early years, Mark Waid depicted a Krypton, officially stated as being located in the Andromeda Galaxy 2. 5 million light-years away, with elements of various versions of the planet, but closer to the pre-Crisis version.

While in previous comic versions of the mythos, it was assumed the " S " simply stood for " Superman "; in Birthright, Waid presented the symbol as a Kryptonian symbol of hope ( borrowing and modifying a concept from Superman: The Movie, where the " S " represented the House of El, Superman's ancestral family ).

But after Superman: Birthright it was suggested that the planet Krypton was from an entirely different galaxy.

Action Comics # 850 presents the latest revision of Superman's origin, containing many subtle retcons to Superman: Birthright, the latest major revision of Superman's continuity.

In the 2004 miniseries Superman: Birthright, Jor-El, along with Krypton and Lara, was, more or less, reinstated to his Silver Age versions, though with such updated touches as Lara contributing equally to the effort of sending Kal-El, once again an infant while on Krypton, to Earth.

* Superman: Birthright

Superman was thrown out of time and saw both versions of his origin: Man of Steel and Birthright.

In 2003 Waid wrote the origin of the " modern " Superman with Superman: Birthright, a twelve-part limited series which was meant to be the new official origin story of the Man of Steel.

Birthright contained several characters and elements from Silver and Modern Age Superman comics and also homages to Superman: The Movie and the Smallville television series.