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 film will update the 16th century narrative of the golem of Prague, where Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel created an anthropomorphic golem out of clay or mud to protect the ghetto from ...

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.

Rabbi Löw was not only a prominent Kabbalist and alchemist of seventeenth century Prague but also a prophet of new visual media and cybernetics. Bielický’s video composition evokes a world ...

In this version of the golem legend, the golem, a clay statue brought to life by Rabbi Loew in 16th century Prague to save the Jews from the ongoing brutal persecution by the city's rulers ...