http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/11/world/europe/11golem.html
Interesting stuff. But also, golem? Serious business. The idea of it as a souvenir tschotke is a bit disconcerting.
But then I am of the school of "I don't care if we're all supposed to know it's not real, here's a list of stuff you don't mess around with."
Interesting stuff. But also, golem? Serious business. The idea of it as a souvenir tschotke is a bit disconcerting.
But then I am of the school of "I don't care if we're all supposed to know it's not real, here's a list of stuff you don't mess around with."
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Date: 2009-05-11 10:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-12 01:39 am (UTC)And while I don't BELIEVE in the Golem, and I'm not even Jewish, I'd just as soon be respectful.