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2017 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award in Jewish Literature and Linguistics
Honorable Mention, 2016 Baron Book Prize presented by AAJR
A monster tour of the Golem narrative across various cultural and historical landscapes
In the 1910s and 1920s, a "golem cult" swept across Europe and the U.S., later surfacing in Israel. Why did this story of a powerful clay monster molded and animated by a rabbi to protect his community become so popular and pervasive?...
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This book offers a complete translation of the original work titled "Golem: metla Čechů...: rozklad českého nacionalismu," published in the Czech language in 1942. The author's original essay, "Golem...Geissel der Tschechen, die Zersetzung des Tschechischen Nationalismus," was originally written in German. While different translations of the title exist, such as "The Plague of the Czechs" or "The Scourge of the Czechs," the most common and chosen...
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First mentioned in the Book of Psalms in the Hebrew Bible, the golem is a character in an astonishing number of post-Holocaust Jewish-American novels and has served as inspiration for such varied figures as Mary Shelley's monster in her novel Frankenstein, a frightening character in the television series The X-Files, and comic book figures such as Superman and the Hulk. In The Golem Redux: From Prague to Post-Holocaust Fiction, author Elizabeth R....
4) The Golem
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It's uncomfortable between a rock and a hard place.
When the NYTF reports that a golem, a large rock creature, is terrorizing parts of the city and destroying hubs of power, Ezra calls on Montague & Strong to investigate and stop the creature.
Their first reaction is to refuse.
Except there's one problem.
No one refuses Ezra, a personification of Death, without grave consequences.
Now, Monty and Simon, together with Ursula of the DAMNED, must uncover...
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Created out of clay to protect the citizens of Mala Lubovnya from persecution, the golem is strong but desperately lonely. He is confined to an attic, and his only joy comes from listening to the evening prayers and watching a stonemason work across the street. Then the golem meets the mason-Jakob-who gives him the name Emet and becomes Emet's friend. But Jakob is caught between his faith and his attraction to men, while Emet knows he may eventually...
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A story of a golem, named Strawberries, tasked with guarding a door, and the little girl that found him in the woods. The story follows their days together, difficult and wonderful days with learning, growth, love, stories, pain, people who might be a little different, death, what it means to be a person, and strawberries.
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"In Ashkenazi Jewish folklore, a golem is a humanoid being created out of mud or clay and animated through secret prayers. Its sole purpose is to defend the Jewish people against the immediate threat of violence. It is always a rabbi who makes a golem, and always in a time of crisis. But Len Bronstein is no rabbi--he's a Brooklyn art teacher who steals a large quantity of clay from his school, gets extremely stoned, and manages to bring his creation...
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Minecraft : Stonesword saga volume 5
Minecraft stonesword saga volume 5
Minecraft Stonesword saga volume 5
Minecraft stonesword saga volume 5
Minecraft Stonesword saga volume 5
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Random House
Pub. Date
2023.
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"Despite being a great Minecraft player, Morgan feels his leadership of the team slipping away as the next splinter of the Evoker King takes the form of a golem and challenges each member of the team to run a dangerous obstacle course. Normally they would work together, but this time they are each forced to face the challenge alone--with no second chances and a river of hot lava waiting for them if they fail!"-- Amazon
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In 1925, earthquakes and a rising sea level left Lower Manhattan submerged under more than thirty feet of water, so that its residents began to call it the Drowning City. In Joe Golem and the Copper Girl, hard-nosed private detective Joe Golem and his employer are faced with one of their strangest cases yet. When a young mother named Rachael Blum arrives on their doorstep, frantic about the bizarre changes in her daughter's appearance and the terrible...
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The city of London is gripped with fear as a serial killer – dubbed The Limehouse Golem – is on the loose and leaving cryptic messages written in his victim's blood. With few leads and increasing public pressure, Scotland Yard assigns the case to Inspector Kildare (Bill Nighy) – a seasoned detective with a troubled past and a sneaking suspicion he's being set up to fail. Faced with a long list of suspects, including music hall star Dan Leno...
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John Klein, früher Berliner Kriminalkommissar, betreibt mit seinem Partner Peter Kurz eine Detektei, die vor allem untreue Ehepartner und Versicherungsbetrüger jagt. Als Klein vom Verschwinden eines fünfjährigen Mädchens aus seinem Kiez erfährt, beginnt er aus persönlichen Motiven auf eigene Faust zu ermitteln. Zur selben Zeit wird ein Rabbiner aus der Synagoge in der Rykestraße tot aufgefunden und ein fürchterlicher Verdacht kommt auf. Gibt...
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Dark Horse Books, a division of Dark Horse Comics LLC
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2021.
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"A British plane crashes on the outskirts of a small Jewish town, drawing the attention of Nazi forces. To protect their homes and families, one man gives his life to create a creature of legend -- the golem. Following the orders of the man's grandson, the golem fights for the town and becomes a friend no one expected"--
14) Too many golems
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Chronicle Books
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[2024]
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Struggling with his Hebrew lessons, Abi takes an old scroll to help him practice and accidentally summons ten golems--who agree to come once a week to help him with his Hebrew.
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Archibald Finch volume 2
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It's been months since our hero returned from Lemurea, but nothing is back to normal. When Archibald realizes he isn't the only thing that crash-landed at the manor that night, he knows he'll need to return to the dark world he only just left. Archibald is a changed boy. He stands up to bullies and hangs out with the gargoyles that used to scare him. But for all his new toughness, he's also a lost boy who misses his friends in Lemurea. When strange...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 13
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Lithuania, 1943. A father drowns in the all-consuming grief of a daughter killed by the Nazis. He can't bring Chaya back from the dead, but he can use kishuf, an ancient and profane magic to create a golem in her image. A Nazi killer, to avenge her death. When Vera awakens, she can feel her violent purpose thrumming within her. But she can also feel glimpses of a human life lived, of stolen kisses amidst the tragedy, and of a grisly death. And when...
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Flesh and Steel volume 3
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The Battle of Varanos continues! Having exposed the Golem's weakness, Helsing steps up his relentless assault on the Golem but is eventually intercepted by General Lanford. After the conquest of Varanos, Lanford and the Golem return to Windlot to regroup, where the Golem grows closer to Claire after learning about her tragic past, but also unknowingly drags her into life-threatening danger. The Resistance spies are watching.
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Flesh and Steel volume 5
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The epic conclusion! At the gates of Rimeria, the Golem finally comes face-to-face with his maker and creator, the Rabbi, but not in the form that he expected. In his last stand to defend the Resistance, the Rabbi has performed the ultimate sacrifice and channeled his soul into a Golem of gold. Here, the Golem finally meets his match and has to engage in a struggle that for the first time ever, will see him going up against a foe stronger and more...
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Flesh and Steel volume 4
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Driven mad by the shedding of innocent blood, the Golem deserts the Empire and goes on a one-man rogue rampage toward the Resistance capital of Rimeria. But even a warpath can be winding, with many obstacles standing between the Golem and the justice he seeks to serve. The Golem eventually finds himself caught right down the middle, with elite Resistance forces preventing his advance and Lanford, armed with his secret weapon 'Fangbreaker' chasing...
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Flesh and Steel volume 1
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From exile, a guardian Golem of steel is summoned back into battle! Enticed by the promise of a place amongst men, the Golem heeds the call of the newly ascended Emperor in his campaign to destroy the very Resistance who created and abandoned him. Raising his blade against those he once swore to protect, the Golem will face his greatest battle yet in a conflict that will test everything he is made of and lead him to discover the difference between...