Contents

Acknowledgments

Note on Transliteration and Translation

Introduction: The Golem Condition

1. The Face of Destruction: Paul Wegener’s World War I Golem Films

2. The Golem Cult of 1921 New York: Between Redemption and Expulsion

3. Our Enemies, Ourselves: Israel’s Monsters of 1948

4. Supergolem: Revenge after the Holocaust

5. Pacifist Computers and Jewish Cyborgs: Fighting for the Future

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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