Realizing the untapped potential of Jewish mythology and folklore in pop culture, writer Jeff Marvin decided to create an epic saga about a secret society of demon hunters.

The Jewish legend of the Golem is often regarded as a prototype for the modern superhero. This mythical protector, capable of immense power yet prone to being misunderstood or feared, mirrors many ...

Early silent horror, specifically in the German Expressionist mode, influenced generations of horror filmmakers. From their stark, often frame-filling shadows to the exaggerated look of the monsters ...

When my father was a middle school kid at the Yeshiva of Hartford, his preoccupations were relatively simple: He imagined being one of the few great Jewish baseball stars, and thought a lot about ...

An allegory of the Golem, a Jewish mythical creature personifying displacement and exile, this film tells the story of a woman (similar to the biblical Ruth) and her sisters, who are forced into exile ...

Sometimes, a bearded, money-grubbing dwarf is just a bearded, money-grubbing dwarf and not an evil, anti-Semitic stand-in for Jews. Undoubtedly some will view “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” — the ...