expressive of one person,"
explains Kleid, who earns
his living as a graphics
designer and has planned
ads appearing in the New
York Times, Variety and
other publications.
Since moving to New York
in 1999, Kleid also has tried
writing for theater and acting.
He appeared in Creative
Therapy, based on a comic
book story he penned.
"A lot of my writing
explores psychological issues,"
says Kleid, whose family
belongs to Young Israel of
Oak Park.

Religious Diversity

Messier and Farb met at
Temple Beth El in Flint,
found they shared a belief in
pluralistic Judaism as well as
an interest in comics and
teamed up. Their continuing
project, 4 Corners, gets its title
from the four Judaic disci-
plines they want to explore —
Orthodox, Conservative,
Reform and what they have
grouped together as
Nontraditional.
"We started doing this as a
project to educate people
about the different branches
of Judaism," says Messier, who
does the artwork. "We have
written about holidays and
specific topics such as tying
tefillin."
Both Messier and Farb use
the cartoons for their. teaching
at Flint's Ivriah Sunday
school, which includes chil-
dren from the Conservative
Beth Israel and the Reform
Temple Beth El. Farb was
groomed in pluralism while
living in Louisville, Ky., where
Jews regularly visit various
synagogues.
The two men spend a lot of
time talking about story ideas
and take about three hours for
drawing and adding text for
each strip. Messier started
drawing cartoons in the 1980s
for a professional organiza-
tion. Farb has tried his hand
at writing children's books.
We'd like to give people a
greater appreciation of differ-
ent religious points of view,"
Farb says.
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