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The Golem Remembered 1909–1980: Variations of a Jewish Legend. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0814316832. Idel, Mosche (1990). Golem: Jewish Magical and Mystical Traditions on the Artificial Anthropoid. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. ISBN 0-7914-0160-X. Montiel, Luis (30 June 2013).
Legend of Destruction (Hebrew: אגדת חורבן, romanized: Agadat Khurban) is a 2021 animated historical drama film, directed by director Gidi Dar, who wrote the screenplay in collaboration with Shuli Rand. It is an interpretation of Talmudic stories of the destruction of Jerusalem and the Second Temple. [1]
The Golem is based on the Jewish legend of the same name, and the film's creators felt that the legend, which they referred to as "the Jewish Frankenstein", had never been properly developed into a film since the 1951 version The Emperor and the Golem. Originally it was intended to retain the original appearance of the title character for the ...
The Wandering Jew (occasionally referred to as the Eternal Jew, an antisemitic calque from German "der Ewige Jude") is a mythical immortal man whose legend began to spread in Europe in the 13th century. [a] In the original legend, a Jew who taunted Jesus on the way to the Crucifixion was then cursed to walk the Earth until the Second Coming.
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn; Annie Hall; The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (film) Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (film) Arie (film) Armageddon Time; As They Made Us; At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World; Austeria; Avalon (1990 film)
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The plot concerns a Jewish crime fighter known as the "Hebrew Hammer" who must save Hanukkah from the evil son of Santa Claus, who wants to destroy Hanukkah and Kwanzaa and make everyone celebrate Christmas. The film parodies blaxploitation films, and features Melvin Van Peebles in a cameo appearance as "Sweetback".
Concerns around "Jewface" in Hollywood portrayals were highlighted in 2021 by comedian Sarah Silverman, who said the film industry had a "long tradition of non-Jews playing Jews."