Harry Brod
Harry Brod is a professor of philosophy and humanities at the University of Northern Iowa and the author of Superman is Jewish?: How Comic Book Superheroes Came to Serve Truth, Justice, and the Jewish-American Way (Free Press; November 2012).
Articles by Harry Brod
A Jewish Thanksgiving in Avalon
Every Thanksgiving I think of the Thanksgiving scene in the 1990 film Avalon, one of Barry Levinson’s semi-autobiographical Baltimore films. Avalon tells a ...
No Middle Range
“Jews don’t have a middle range,” I said to my friend and colleague. He was telling me about his experience ...
Speaking Backwards
I’ve been told that students in my college courses sometimes have trouble following what I’m saying because I speak backwards. ...
A Couple of Sayings With Which I Disagree
“It’s better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.” I first realized I didn’t agree with this saying ...
Passport to Citizenship
I always have a valid passport. I keep it within easy access and I know just where it is, and ...