The Golem, the Jewish Frankenstein

Article on The Golem

The Golem is a Jewish folktale about a clay man that comes to life when a scroll of prayers is put on his heart. The Golem must do the what its master says, but of course, things go wrong. There is a copy of the film somewhere on campus if anyone is interested in seeing it, I watched it in another history class last semester. It is a great film to watch for not only the science fiction aspect of it, but also the social climate and antisemitism of the time period in which it was made.