Born in New York, Harvey Kurtzman was a prominent American cartoonist. With the creation of his original Mad comic book in 1959, Kurtzman became an enduring icon of American culture and humor. Mad’s parody of popular culture and entertainment positioned Kurtzman as a critical figure in American postwar satire. After Kurtzman was replaced as editor of Mad, he went on to become the editor of Help!, another satirical magazine that became a forum for several major talents, including activist and cultural critic Gloria Steinem, filmmaker Woody Allen, and comedians John Cleese and Terry Gilliam of the cult comedy series Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Kurtzman’s projects had a provocative edge and revolutionary spirit that fed the countercultural moment of the 1960s and greatly influenced humor in American culture.
The present commentary on Leviticus is based on my lectures on Leviticus given at the Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin in 1873/4 and 1876/7. This fact explains the approach and the economy of my…
The fibula, which replaced the toggle pin during the Iron Age, is similar to a modern safety pin. It had a main bent section with a clasp, which was often elaborately decorated, and a simple straight…
I am astonished to see that for reading just the names of the holy books, one receives his reward, as if he had read and studied them all. If so, then one will not make much of an effort to study…