The popularity of the Golem legend in the interwar years reflects a more general interest in folklore, myth, and the occult in both high modernist and middlebrow cultures.

The quintessence of Scholem^ view of the Golem seems t bo e con- tained in his introductor liney s t tho e entry on the Gole m in thEncyclo-e pedia Judaica: The golem is a creature particularl, …

Tales about the golem and anti-Semitic libels both enjoyed a vogue at the turn of the century. The Russian monk Nilus published his version of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion in 1905.

In folkloric ver- sions of the golem legend, such as Jakob Grimm's, the golem accrues power and size as it works to protect the Jews, ultimately becoming, in its strength and unpredictability, a …

Jayden Lewis The Golem of Prague is a well-known tale within Hasidic folklore. It represents the harsh anti-Semitism that Jewish ghettos were subjected to in Europe, and how Bohemian …

ABSTRACT: The Golem of Prague was created by Rabbi Judah Löw as a protective response to anti-Semitism and blood libels that threatened the Jews of Prague. Golem is an enduring …

Stories of the golem, a magically crafted human-shaped creature, originated in medieval Jewish sources. Since then, the legend, like the golem itself, has transformed.