For the 400th anniversary of Rabbi Judah Loew, the Maharal of Prague, his Czech city is taking a close look at the man and the legend of his golem. PRAGUE (JTA) — Just don’t mention the golem.

Might a golem help make a minyan? Over 300 years ago, a rabbi considered the question, now cited in countless discussions ...

The upcoming film will be an adaptation of the golem of Prague, where a young woman is terrorized by “a creature with a mysterious past.” (JTA) — The Jewish author of best-selling children ...

with the best-known one as the Golem of Prague. Indeed, this imaginary creation, usually made of mud or clay, is fully brought to life by the word truth being implanted on its head and ...

The story of the Golem, the artificial human/monster who protects a threatened Jewish community but then gets out of control, has roots in the Bible, Talmud, Kabbalah, and Yiddish literature. In the ...

whose oldest grave dates from 1439 and is the resting place of Golem creator rabbi Loew; get a separate ticket to visit the Old-New Synagogue, one of the largest extant Gothic buildings in Prague.

Directed by Paul Wegener and Carl Boese, the 1920 film is set in the 16th-century Jewish ghetto of Prague, where Rabbi Low (Albert Streinruck) creates a clay Golem (played by Wegener) to protect ...