The Golem (aka Is Wonder Woman a Dreidel?) with Greg Silber and Elana Levin

We've spent a year trying to find a good horror movie with Jewish themes and we ended up with one about a Jewish mother who wields an unstoppable monster to do her bidding.
Fear Level: Spoopy
Trigger Warnings: Gore, violence, anti-semetic violence, lynching, dead children, miscarriage, gun violence

Ben's quest to find and watch a horror movie that deals with Jewish themes finally hits pay dirt. Get it? Dirt! Golems!

Topics of Discussion:
  • History
  • Judaism and Horror
  • Various Bar Mitzvahs
  • Madonna, a lot, you'd be surprised
  • Jewish National Treasure
  • Bad sex
  • Marginally better sex
  • Goyim barbarians
  • Walking a very fine line
  • Creepy children
  • Evangelion (are you even surprised?)

Recommendations:
  • The VVitch
  • Son
  • The Golem and How He Came To Be
  • Munich
  • An American Tale
  • Little Otik (aka Greedy Guts)
  • Prevenge
  • The Bartimaeus Trilogy

Follow our guest:

Gregory Paul Silber
Twitter: @gregsilber
Silber Linings at Comics Beat
Golems, Nazis, and Other Monsters: A Look into Judaism in Horror Films

Elana Levin
Twitter: @elana_brooklyn
Podcasts:
Deep Space Dive
Graphic Policy

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Visit his website at JeremyWhitley.com

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