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I know that there is a common meme/logic that Superman possesses some/many "Jew-like" characteristics, in part because his creators were Jewish.
But that could be either intentional or unintentional.
Is there any confirmation from Superman writers that the Jewish-likeness was intentional?
Found it in my email archives (sorry, don't know where it was published, but it came from someone unlikely to pass along garbage).
The quote is from Elliot S! Maggin:
Elliot S! Maggin (born 1950), is an American writer of comic books, film, television and novels. He was a main writer for DC Comics during the Bronze and early Modern ages of comics in the 1970s and 1980s. He is particularly associated with the character of Superman.
The quote was:
While they are not direct descendents of the Judeans of the Middle East from whom the term "Jewish" comes, I always ascribed effectively Jewish doctrine and ritual to the Kryptonian tradition. In fact, the Kryptonian tradition is congruent with and certainly predates the Judean, so they have at least as much claim to the tradition as any of us.
I remember reading a direct quote from one of the main DC writers who wrote Superman that he viewed Superman as being Jewish-like because the whole Kryptonian religion was very close to Judaism.
I'll try to find the actual quote as proof.
Superman's creators, Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel, were Jewish. And there are a lot of parallels between Superman and the Jewish folklore of the Golem, a defender of the persecuted innocent. Here's one article with some discussion along those lines. There's a long section here that talks about it more, and also points out that "Kal-El" is similar to the Hebrew words for "All that is God", and the similarities between babies Kal-El and Moses.
I don't think Superman was "meant" to be Jewish, but you can't deny that there's a lot of symbolism.
This article goes a long a way to make the case that Superman is a Methodist, or at least some form of Protestant.
The article is a mess in terms of organization and readability but it does a great job citing comic examples of Superman's religious interactions. Some quick hits:
Action Comics #850 (August 2007), for example, identifies Methodism by name as the denomination that Clark Kent and his mother attended.
and
As shown in a number of published comics, including Superman: A Man For All Seasons, the adult Clark Kent continued to visit and consult with the minister at his family church, even after he had begun his career as Superman.
and
With the publication of Action Comics #850 in June 2007, the Methodist denominational affiliation of the Kent family was explicitly and overtly established, if it had not already been so.
Since the currently accepted answer cites Elliot S! Maggin, here's an undeniable quote from a Fanzing interview published in 1998:
I give all my characters religions. I think I always have. It's part of the backstory. It's part of the process of getting to know a character well enough to write about him or her. Jimmy Olson is Lutheran. Lois is Catholic. Perry is Baptist. Luthor is Jewish (though non-observant, thank heaven). Bruce and Batman are both Episcopalian and I said so in the text though it was edited out erroneously. Clark - like the Kents - is Methodist.
It's worth noting that over the years, Superman has sought advice from clergy of all sorts of different Christian denominations and has made several references to the Kryptonian religion, Raoism, which seems to me to draw inspiration from monotheistic Judeo-Christian religions and Ancient Egyptian religion. "Great Rao!"
A few comic panels of Supes interacting with religion (note how all of them are Christian in nature):
Clark and Lois were married in a Christian church by a Christian minister:
All of that to say there's no indication Superman was ever meant to be Jewish.
