Made from clay and animated by the sacred word of G-d, the golem of Jewish origin has evolved from a 6th-century meditation of creation, to a source of labor, and finally, an avenging symbol of ...

Public figures are breathing new life into hateful stereotypes. We could use a Jewish crisis monster to combat them.

The Golem of Brooklyn By Adam Mansbach One World, 272 pages, $18 No creature from Jewish folklore has made as sizable a literary dent as the Golem. There’s a reason we keep bringing him back ...

Most people associate the golem story with Rabbi Judah Löew and the Golem of Prague, but Jewish history is replete with the idea that a particularly holy and righteous person, possessed of deep ...

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.

Might a golem help make a minyan? Over 300 years ago, a rabbi considered the question, now cited in countless discussions about the implications of artificial intelligence and Judaism.

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 ...

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 ...

The Jewish author of best-selling children’s book series “A Series of Unfortunate Events” was tapped to write a horror film based on the legend of the Golem of Prague. Daniel Handler, known by his pen ...

How did Golem become so influential? Made from clay and animated by the sacred word of G-d, the golem of Jewish origin has evolved from a 6th-century meditation of creation, to a source of labor ...