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Illustrative: A woman walks past the artwork 'Golem' by Joshua Abarbanel during a press presentation for the 'Golem' exhibition at the Jewish Museum in Berlin, Germany, September 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
September 28, 2023, 2:46 am
A 21st-century golem tackles US white nationalism in modern retelling of Jewish myth
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
By Amy Spiro
Rabbi Judah Loew and the Golem of Prague as painted by Mikoláš Aleš, 1899 (Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons)
April 22, 2023, 1:31 am
‘A Series Of Unfortunate Events’ author to write horror film based on Golem of Prague
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’
By Jackie Hajdenberg
The cast of the Hallmark film 'Made for Each Other.' (Steve Ackerman/Hallmark)
February 25, 2023, 3:24 am
From dust to human: A new Hallmark rom-com puts a twist on the Jewish golem legend
‘Made for Each Other,’ written by Israeli-American screenwriter Adi Blotman, centers around a mystical 16th-century folktale, with a 21st-century twist
By Amy Spiro
Helene Wecker (Sheldon Wecker)
July 31, 2021, 3:02 am
After long hiatus, author Helene Wecker resurrects fans’ beloved Golem and Jinni
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
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Gary plays 'The Golem' in BimHuis, Amsterdam, in September 2000. (Arjen Veldt)
July 27, 2019, 11:27 pm
Avant-garde musician gives eerie 1920s silent film ‘The Golem’ a live soundtrack
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
By Jordan Hoffman
The installation 'Crisalidas' by Jorge Gil is pictured during a press presentation for the 'Golem' exhibition at the Jewish Museum in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
September 23, 2016, 10:16 am
Mystic golem spotlighted in Berlin Jewish Museum exhibit
New show links Jewish mud man to artificial intelligence in metaphor for scientific advancement spiraling out of control
By Kirsten Grieshaber
Yelena Schmuleson, Ronald Peet and Liba Vaynberg in 'The Golem of Havana' by Michel Hausmann. (Jenny Abreu)
February 10, 2016, 9:57 pm
The golem rises again, this time in Spanish with a Yiddish lilt
Having fled Caracas after tear-gas bomb attack, Michel Hausmann launches new venture in Miami with play inspired by his Holocaust survivor grandmother
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Yaakov Menken
October 29, 2014, 7:29 pm
Yaakov Menken
Elon Musk can sleep easier
Artificial intelligence isn’t the bogeyman it’s been made out to be
A ‘Bot-Mitzvah’ depicted on the TV show 'Futurama.' (photo credit: Hulu screen capture)
June 13, 2014, 5:33 am
Are you ready for robot prayer quorums?
If a Jewish person created a self-aware AI, it probably would be counted as a member of the tribe, rabbi says
By Adam Soclof
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