Eli Valley Explained

Eli Valley
Birth Name:Eli Valley
Birth Date:1970
Birth Place:Rhode Island, U.S.
Education:Cornell University
Occupation:Cartoonist and author

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 was artist-in-residence at The Forward from 2011 to 2013.[4]

In October 2013, after Valley satirized Abraham Foxman as an antisemite for his antagonism toward anti-Zionist Jews,[5] Foxman pressured the newspaper to stop publishing Valley's work.[6] [7] [8]

Writing in Vulture, Abraham Riesman has referred to Valley's work as "expressionist [and] woodcut-esque."[9]

Valley contributed illustrations to The Chapo Guide to Revolution.[10] 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."[11]

Valley's "Schlonged!," about Donald Trump's obsession with size, was selected for The Best American Comics 2017.[12]

In March 2019, Valley drew a cartoon satirizing Meghan McCain's appropriation of Jewish identity[13] [14] after McCain wept while castigating Ilhan Omar as an antisemite for her remarks about Israel on "The View."[15] [16] [17] McCain called the cartoon "one of the most anti-semitic things I've ever seen,"[18] which caused controversy[19] and discussion about Christian Zionist allegations of antisemitism.[20] [21]

Discussing Valley's book about European Jewish cities on the news website Jewish Journal, Rabbi John Rosove wrote: "The chronicler of Central European Jewish history, Eli Valley, blames the current Jewish leadership of Prague for its lack of organized, serious and sustained outreach to those of Jewish heritage living in the city, and he despairs of Prague’s Jewish future."[22]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Worcester . Kent . 1 September 2010 . The Eli Valley Interview . . https://web.archive.org/web/20110316081756/http://classic.tcj.com/interviews/the-eli-valley-interview/ . 8 August 2019. 2011-03-16 .
  2. Web site: Vartanian . Hrag . May 8, 2022 . The Cartoonist the US Right-Wing Political Establishment Loves to Hate . May 20, 2022 . Hyperallergic.
  3. News: Riesman . Abraham . Eli Valley Is the Angriest Political Cartoonist in America . 8 August 2019 . . 20 February 2019.
  4. News: How America's Most Controversial 'non-Zionist' Comic Sparked Outrage With His New 'Bigoted' Book on Diaspora Jews . en . Haaretz . 2023-04-14.
  5. Web site: 2013-10-28 . It Happened on Halloween . 2023-04-14 . The Forward . en.
  6. Web site: Riesman . Abraham . 2019-02-20 . Eli Valley Is the Angriest Political Cartoonist in America . 2023-04-14 . Vulture . en-us.
  7. Web site: Prince . Cathryn J. . How satire got a cartoonist fired from a Jewish newspaper . 2023-04-14 . www.timesofisrael.com . en-US.
  8. Web site: Goldman . Nathan . 11 November 2017 . "Redefining Jewish Authenticity: An Interview with Eli Valley" .
  9. Eli Valley is the Angriest Political Cartoonist in America. February 20, 2019. Abraham. Riesman. Vulture (New York Magazine). August 17, 2022. vulture.com.
  10. News: Hughes . Donald . …of what use was the rule? . 22 January 2020 . . 23 August 2018.
  11. News: You say you want a revolution?. October 21, 2018. Will. Tomer. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. August 17, 2022. D5. Newspapers.com.
  12. News: Breaking down writing's 'Best': The Best American Comics 2017. December 24, 2017. Brian. Truitt. The Springfield (Missouri) News-Leader. August 17, 2022. C2. Newspapers.com.
  13. Web site: Here's @MeghanMcCain. Shabbat Shalom.. 2023-05-25 . Twitter . en.
  14. Web site: 2019-03-11 . Eli Valley is Not Sorry . 2023-05-25 . Popula . en-US.
  15. Web site: Flood . Brian . 2019-03-07 . Emotional Meghan McCain slams anti-Semitism: 'What Ilhan Omar is saying is very scary' . 2023-05-25 . Fox News . en-US.
  16. Web site: 2019-03-07 . Meghan McCain brought to tears during anti-Semitism debate: 'What Ilhan Omar is saying is very scary' . 2023-05-25 . Yahoo Life . en-US.
  17. Web site: 2019-03-07 . Oh God, Meghan McCain Cried About Ilhan Omar . 2023-05-25 . Splinter . en.
  18. Web site: Garcia . Victor . 2019-03-08 . Meghan McCain accuses Jewish artist of anti-Semitism after mocking her comments on Omar . 2023-05-25 . Fox News . en-US.
  19. News: Grove . Lloyd . 2019-07-03 . Meghan McCain, Feeling Like an 'Exhausted, Defeated .. Caged Animal,' May Exit 'The View' . en . The Daily Beast . 2023-05-25.
  20. Web site: ToI Staff . Agencies . Meghan McCain raps anti-Semitism, gets 'anti-Semitic' treatment by Jewish artist . 2023-05-25 . www.timesofisrael.com . en-US.
  21. Web site: Ezra Koenig schools Meghan McCain on antisemitism . 2023-05-25 . The FADER . en.
  22. Web site: Rosove. John. Jewish Prague is Now Little More Than Memory. Jewish Journal. November 21, 2014. August 17, 2022.

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