The golem is necessary because no victory is permanent — and because when the reversal comes, it can be swift and deadly. History has seared this lesson into the Jewish people.

Some critics suggest that the Frankenstein monster was named after Jacob Frank who, at the time that Shelley wrote her novel, was perhaps not only the dominant issue in the Jewish world of Eastern ...

For example, in 1965, the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot built a new computer and Gershom Scholem, the renowned scholar of Jewish mysticism, suggested that it should be named Golem Number One.

Golem origin story aside, “Made for Each Other” is a remarkably Jewish film, notable in that it is not tied to any particular Jewish holiday that may be more familiar to a broader audience.

The Golem of Brooklyn By Adam Mansbach One World, 272 pages, $18. No creature from Jewish folklore has made as sizable a literary dent as the Golem.

Considered the Jewish Frankenstein, the Golem’s story is one of the most enduring legends from Jewish tradition, and has been the subject of numerous books and plays.

The Jewish author of best-selling children’s book series “A Series of Unfortunate Events” has been tapped to write a horror film based on the legend of the Golem of Prague.