A golem has awakened in my bedroom. Rather than clay, this one is made of stone. Like other golems he is unable to speak — for now, that is. Yet, unlike such mythical creatures of the past he was not ...

The Jewish communist Ben Gold’s recently reissued 1944 novel, Your Comrade, Avreml Broide, offers a glimpse into a world in which a radical tradition of egalitarianism and cosmopolitanism overshadowed ...

Superman has always been an immigrant, and, by extension, a Jewish immigrant, long before today’s culture wars. Gunn’s film merely foregrounds a theme embedded in the hero’s DNA since 1938.

Several right-wing influencers have launched a boycott of Superman, set to hit theaters on July 11. Their outrage stems from recent comments by director James Gunn, who told The Times of London that ...

David Corenswet takes on the iconic role of Superman, bringing Jewish representation to the character's long history.

These novels blend the substantiated with the surreal, offering new ways to understand the past through magic, monsters and ...

Ever since he was introduced in 1962, The Incredible Hulk has gone through many changes, many colors, and many temperaments as he’s navigated through the years. Inspired by the Golem myth from Jewish ...

We have tended to imagine machines as either being our slaves or enslaving us. Martha Wells, the writer of the “Murderbot” ...

According to Jewish folklore, in the late 16th-century the Czech city of Prague was threatened with antisemitic attacks. In response, Chief Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel created an early Jewish ...

According to Jewish folklore, in the late 16th-century the Czech city of Prague was threatened with antisemitic attacks. In response, Chief Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel created an early Jewish ...

Might a golem help make a minyan? Over 300 years ago, a rabbi considered the question, now cited in countless discussions about the implications of artificial intelligence and Judaism.