The event:

The Jewish Cartoon Workshop is a fun and structured program that gets all participants—families, adults and students alike—making Jewish-themed cartoons, using the same tools as professional cartoonists, that are then collected into a comic book for everyone to enjoy and learn from. NO DRAWING SKILL NECESSARY (really)! If you can tell a story, and everyone can, you can do this.

About Jordan Gorfinkel:

“Artistic Overachiever” (Atlantic Monthly) Jordan B. Gorfinkel—Gorf—is a veteran editor-manager of the Batman franchise for DC Comics. He now creates and produces graphic novels, music and multimedia, and is an internationally renowned speaker and scholar-in-residence. Gorf for nearly a decade was part of the Batguys editorial team at DC Comics, his creations (Batman: No Man’s Land; Birds of Prey) generating source material and critical and commercial success for film, television, and games (box office: $2 billion).

He is the creator/producer of the #1 bestselling Passover Haggadah Graphic Novel and the Tanakh Graphic Novel Series (Koren Pub., Jerusalem), and is at the forefront of the non-profit Jewish Graphic Novel Initiative. Gorf travels N. America, Israel and the world, visiting synagogues, retreats, summer camps, Passover programs and communities around the world. His dynamic presentations and hands-on Jewish Cartoon Workshop engage everyone of all ages and backgrounds with the inspirational message: Make Judaism & Israel Your Superpower! Brief fun videos & more information: www.JewishCartoon.com

Gorf draws the weekly comic strip @JewishCartoon (follow on Instagram, Facebook). As a musician, he pioneered professional Jewish A Cappella (www.KolZimra.com, www.YStuds.com), and produced the all (Jewish) star “Voices For Israel” music and video charity benefit.

With his studio Avalanche Comics Entertainment, Gorf produces storytelling for corporations and entertainment companies (see LinkedIn profile); and facilitates workshops on guiding professionals to make any message and objective into clear, concise and creative storytelling (www.SuperStorytelling.com).

He is married with four children, whom he affectionately calls his “focus group.” To date, they still don’t quite understand his job.