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Items with the tag:

golems

Fic­tion
Milk Fed
Melis­sa Broder
Interview

‘Fairy-Tale Log­ic’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Alice Hoffman

Jamie Wendt
August 31, 2020
Essay

Of Mon­sters and Men­schen: A Typol­o­gy of Jew­ish Monsters

Joela Jacobs
July 15, 2019
Interview

On Golems and Empa­thy: An Inter­view with Jonathan Auxier

Emi­ly Schneider
February 11, 2019
Fic­tion
Sweep: The Sto­ry of a Girl and Her Monster
Jonathan Aux­i­er
Essay

Only We Can Save Us: A Brief His­to­ry of Jew­ish Super­heroes, Real and Fictional

Adam Nemett
November 1, 2018
Chil­dren’s
Amer­i­can Golem: The New World Adven­tures of an Old World Mud Monster
Marc Lumer
Fic­tion
The Golem On Fire Mountain
Char­layne A. Crawford
Essay

Golem Sto­ries, from Mys­ti­cism to Fic­tion to the Realm of Plausibility

Ear­li­er this week, Matthew Kres­sel explored the Jew­ish sources under­ly­ing Leonard Nimoy’s Vul­can salute and fan­ta­sy literature’s great­est time-trav­el­ing epics. He is…
Matthew Kres­sel
April 1, 2016
Fic­tion
The Golem of Paris
Jonathan Kellerman and Jesse Kellerman
Essay

Dis­cov­er­ing the Pinch: Part II; or, Ani­mat­ing a Lit­er­ary Golem

Ear­li­er this week, Steve Stern offered his rec­ol­lec­tions of the Mem­phis com­mu­ni­ty in which he grew up and the Jew­ish myth­i­cal lore occu­py­ing it. His most recent…
Steve Stern
July 29, 2015
Recommended Reading

Book Cov­er of the Week: The Golem and the Jin­ni, Indone­sian Edition

Post­ed by Nat BernsteinIn case you need­ed an excuse to reread Helene Weck­er’s stun­ning 2013 nov­el, the book cov­er for the Indone­sian edi­tion of The Golem and the Jin­ni…
Nat Bern­stein
July 23, 2015
Fic­tion
The Golem of Hollywood
Jesse and Jonathan Kellerman
Chil­dren’s
Golemi­to
Ilan Sta­vans
Chil­dren’s
Jor­dan and the Dread­ful Golem
Karen Goldman; Rachel Moseley, illus.
Essay

A Mag­i­cal Moth­er, Golems, and Sur­pris­ing History

Ear­li­er this week, Don­na Minkowitz wrote about how Judaism became the foun­da­tion for her mem­oir Grow­ing Up Golem: How I Sur­vived My Moth­er, Brook­lyn, and Some…
Don­na Minkowitz
September 18, 2013

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