BERLIN (AP) — A gigantic golem made out of wooden Hebrew letters lies motionless on the ground, yet it seems as if only a few magic whispers are needed to bring the creature to life. First mentioned ...

In 1808, Jakob Grimm, one of the Brothers Grimm, wrote a short description for the literary magazine “Journal of Hermits” about the Jewish folkloric creature known as the Golem. “The Polish Jews, ...

When my father was a middle school kid at the Yeshiva of Hartford, his preoccupations were relatively simple: He imagined being one of the few great Jewish baseball stars, and thought a lot about ...

'The Golem of Havana' runs through Feb. 14 at the Colony Theatre. In Jewish folklore, a golem is a creature fashioned of clay and animated by magic. To Michel Hausmann, the golem is less a Yiddisha ...

For Euronews Culture's countdown to Halloween, we’ve been giving readers brave enough a daily horror short film, as well as taking a look at some of the lesser-known mythical creatures of Europe.

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