The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/golem/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Sun, 14 Jun 2026 04:19:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png golem | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/golem/ 32 32 A 21st-century golem tackles US white nationalism in modern retelling of Jewish myth https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-21st-century-golem-tackles-us-white-nationalism-in-modern-retelling-of-jewish-myth/ Wed, 27 Sep 2023 23:46:58 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3100351 In darkly comic novel 'The Golem of Brooklyn,' author Adam Mansbach sets a nine-foot clay creature hurtling toward a neo-Nazi rally in Kentucky with an unlikely duo in tow

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]]> ‘A Series Of Unfortunate Events’ author to write horror film based on Golem of Prague https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-series-of-unfortunate-events-author-to-write-horror-film-based-on-golem-of-prague/ Fri, 21 Apr 2023 22:31:20 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3000481 Story set for modern-day version; 'Everyone knows what it feels like to be the underdog, the outsider,' producer says. 'Jewish stories tackle these ideas with humor and drama'

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]]> From dust to human: A new Hallmark rom-com puts a twist on the Jewish golem legend https://www.timesofisrael.com/from-dust-to-human-a-new-hallmark-rom-com-puts-a-twist-on-the-jewish-golem-legend/ Sat, 25 Feb 2023 01:24:28 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2959232 'Made for Each Other,' written by Israeli-American screenwriter Adi Blotman, centers around a mystical 16th-century folktale, with a 21st-century twist

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]]> After long hiatus, author Helene Wecker resurrects fans’ beloved Golem and Jinni https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-long-hiatus-author-helene-wecker-resurrects-fans-beloved-golem-and-jinni/ Sat, 31 Jul 2021 00:02:44 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2570632 With a mix of old and new characters, 'The Hidden Palace' advances the duo's magic, heartbreak and love into early 20th century New York and Middle East

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]]> Avant-garde musician gives eerie 1920s silent film ‘The Golem’ a live soundtrack https://www.timesofisrael.com/avant-garde-musician-gives-eerie-1920s-silent-film-the-golem-a-live-soundtrack/ Sat, 27 Jul 2019 20:27:53 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2099909 Guitarist Gary Lucas has toured the world with Jeff Buckley, Lou Reed, Allen Ginsburg, and Bob Weir. But for the past 30 years he's also dreamed up scores for supernatural stories

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]]> Mystic golem spotlighted in Berlin Jewish Museum exhibit https://www.timesofisrael.com/mystic-golem-spotlighted-in-berlin-jewish-museum-exhibit/ Fri, 23 Sep 2016 07:16:29 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1468142 New show links Jewish mud man to artificial intelligence in metaphor for scientific advancement spiraling out of control

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]]> The golem rises again, this time in Spanish with a Yiddish lilt https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-golem-rises-again-this-time-in-spanish-with-a-yiddish-lilt/ Wed, 10 Feb 2016 19:57:03 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1334470 Having fled Caracas after tear-gas bomb attack, Michel Hausmann launches new venture in Miami with play inspired by his Holocaust survivor grandmother

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]]> Elon Musk can sleep easier https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/elon-musk-can-sleep-easier/ Wed, 29 Oct 2014 17:29:47 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1083971 Artificial intelligence isn't the bogeyman it's been made out to be

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]]> Are you ready for robot prayer quorums? https://www.timesofisrael.com/are-you-ready-for-robot-prayer-quorums/ Fri, 13 Jun 2014 02:33:13 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1006208 If a Jewish person created a self-aware AI, it probably would be counted as a member of the tribe, rabbi says

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