The Jewish legend of the Golem is often regarded as a prototype for the modern superhero. This mythical protector, capable of immense power yet prone to being misunderstood or feared, mirrors many ...

Early silent horror, specifically in the German Expressionist mode, influenced generations of horror filmmakers. From their stark, often frame-filling shadows to the exaggerated look of the monsters ...

BERLIN – Berlin's Jewish Museum is presenting a show on the legendary golem from ancient folklore and its modern day transformations. A golem is an artificial being made from inanimate material that's ...

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 ...

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 ...

A family trip to Prague’s medieval Jewish Quarter, is a unique opportunity to explore one of the great cultural centers of European Jewry. It’s a place where legends come to life and you’ll catch a ...

Sometimes, a bearded, money-grubbing dwarf is just a bearded, money-grubbing dwarf and not an evil, anti-Semitic stand-in for Jews. Undoubtedly some will view “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” — the ...