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 ...

When you think of Jewish folklore, what comes to mind? It's probably the legend of the Golem, right? For whatever reason, the hulking clay protector created by Kabbalist Judah Loew ben Bezalel in ...

When my father was a middle school kid at the Yeshiva of Hartford, his preoccupations were relatively simple: He imagined being one of the few great Jewish baseball stars, and thought a lot about ...

I was excited for the London theater company 1927’s new play “Golem,” written and directed by Suzanne Andrade, which plays at the Lincoln Center Festival through July 31st. Really, I was. From Pete ...

They come with feet of clay, swinging monstrous arms thicker than a man’s waist. They’re destruction engines. Rock made flesh – the golem. From D&D scenarios to Minecraft and even in Pokémon, the rock ...

One of Prague’s most popular legends sprang to life this month with a series of events celebrating the story of the golem. According to legend, the golem was a man of clay brought to life in the late ...

In a special issue on artificial intelligence, Moment Magazine recently speculated on the relation between AI’s rapidly evolving technology and the golem legends that have appeared in Jewish texts for ...

For a scare steeped in Jewish mysticism this Halloween, REDCAT is bringing Paul Wegener’s “The Golem” to the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater on Friday and Saturday night. But the screening of the ...

GOLEM: A Call to Action is a digital exhibition in three parts by Los Angeles-based artist Julie Weitz, comprising three video artworks--Golem v. Golem, My Golem as a Wildland Firefighter, and Prayer ...