A golem has awakened in my bedroom. Rather than clay, this one is made of stone. Like other golems he is unable to speak — for now, that is. Yet, unlike such mythical creatures of the past he was not ...

The Jewish communist Ben Gold’s recently reissued 1944 novel, Your Comrade, Avreml Broide, offers a glimpse into a world in which a radical tradition of egalitarianism and cosmopolitanism overshadowed ...

Superman has always been an immigrant, and, by extension, a Jewish immigrant, long before today’s culture wars. Gunn’s film merely foregrounds a theme embedded in the hero’s DNA since 1938.

Several right-wing influencers have launched a boycott of Superman, set to hit theaters on July 11. Their outrage stems from recent comments by director James Gunn, who told The Times of London that ...

These novels blend the substantiated with the surreal, offering new ways to understand the past through magic, monsters and ...

There's a lot of things James Gunn could learn about making a Superman movie by watching past Man of Steel adventures and ...

Ever since he was introduced in 1962, The Incredible Hulk has gone through many changes, many colors, and many temperaments as he’s navigated through the years. Inspired by the Golem myth from Jewish ...

We have tended to imagine machines as either being our slaves or enslaving us. Martha Wells, the writer of the “Murderbot” ...

According to Jewish folklore, in the late 16th-century the Czech city of Prague was threatened with antisemitic attacks. In response, Chief Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel created an early Jewish ...

According to Jewish folklore, in the late 16th-century the Czech city of Prague was threatened with antisemitic attacks. In response, Chief Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel created an early Jewish ...

In the heart of Jewish mysticism lies a tale of animated clay—a creature molded from dust and brought to life through sacred rituals and divine words. The golem, born from this tradition, has ...

Wisdom is not conceptualized here in any form of abstract internal intellect. Everything revolves around active listening, relevant and organized speech, and intellectual humility.