The Golem

Prague, 1592: the center of art and culture, in a growing, changing world. Superstition is giving way to science, and the old Age of Faith is slowly becoming a new Age of Reason. Although life has been getting better for the long-reviled and ghettoized Jewish community, economic problems and an encroaching Islamic war are threatening to make things difficult again. The Hapsburg emperor, Rudolf II, has raised the old Jewish Tax, to pay for his various scientific and artistic indulgences. Now he is ordering the Jewish
moneylenders to call in their debts, to finance his war. Easter approaches and the Protestant merchants, fearing the loss of their businesses and homes, push the emperor to lead a pogrom, to wipe out the Jews and cancel all the old debts.

Standing alone against the growing threat of violence is Judah Loew, a quiet and scholarly rabbi. Afraid for the safety of his friends and family, but having nowhere else to turn for help, he puts his faith in the mystical powers of the Kabballah, where ancient stories tell of a golem--a giant, powerful man of clay, who can be created with certain prayers and rituals to save the Jews. As his scientifically-minded disciple watches with astonishment, Judah Loew attempts to do what no human outside of fairy tales has done,
and create life. Can he do it in time to save his community? And if he can, will he be able to control the monster he has created?

Reviews:
"This compelling new play [The Golem] is a work of considerable passion and clarity."
~ Charlie Whitehead
TimeOut New York, May 8, 1997

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