Seeing Curt Siodmak’s 1941 Horror Classic through the lens of the Jewish experience in WWII Europe. ...
This year, as Halloween approached, I found myself thinking about The Dybbuk as I scrolled the seemingly endless number of
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Each of these Jewish horror movies have some aspect of Jewish history or Jewish religion at their core. Check them out! ...
A Ghost from Our Past Fans of the film-making, Minnesota-bred brothers Joel and Ethan Coen were transported back to the ...
Although such comparisons remain rare, for Jews and non-Jews the golem serves as a concept uniquely suited to expressing the fears and insecurities of the modern era. As Isaac Bashevis Singer wrote in 1984, “The golem story appears less obsolete today than it seemed one hundred years ago. After all, ...
Should Jewish children celebrate Halloween? ...
By Daniel Kieval It's Halloween in the suburbs. For a couple of weeks, already, the neighborhood decorations have been out ...