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Lithuania, 1943. A father drowns in the all-consuming grief of a daughter killed by the Nazis. He can't bring Chaya back from the dead, but he can use kishuf, an ancient and profane magic to create a golem in her image. A Nazi killer, to avenge her death. When Vera awakens, she can feel her violent purpose thrumming within her. But she can also feel glimpses of a human life lived, of stolen kisses amidst the tragedy, and of a grisly death. And when...
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Twelve-year-old Leah Nevins cherishes her Saturday afternoons with her great-grandfather, but when he begins to get forgetful, her family decides to move him into an assisted living area. Leah is devastated but decides to build him a golem for protection, just like in the stories he told of protecting himself from the Nazis when he was young. But Leah doesn't expect her golem to show up and begin making demands of her and must ultimately decide if...
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"In Ashkenazi Jewish folklore, a golem is a humanoid being created out of mud or clay and animated through secret prayers. Its sole purpose is to defend the Jewish people against the immediate threat of violence. It is always a rabbi who makes a golem, and always in a time of crisis. But Len Bronstein is no rabbi--he's a Brooklyn art teacher who steals a large quantity of clay from his school, gets extremely stoned, and manages to bring his creation...