“The Golem as Theology: The Mutable Myth Confronting the Problem of Evil,” in the CCAR Journal, The Reform Jewish Quarterly, Winter, 2026
Rabbi Stanley M. Davids, z”l, with Rabbi Tamara Cohn Eskenazi, PhD, and Joshua Glucksman
In the CCAR’s winter 2026 Journal, Rabbi Tamara Cohn Eskenazi, Ph.D., The Effie Wise Professor Emerita of Biblical Literature and History, Rabbi Stanley Davids, z”l, and Joshua Glucksman, write on “The Golem as Theology: The Mutable Myth Confronting the Problem of Evil.” Their article dives into the Absences of Golem and Absences of Good, research on the golem as a theological response to evil, origins of the Kabbalistic Golem, Response Theory and the Folkloric Golem, Where was the Golem During the Shoah, and Where is the Gesture of Hope Offered Against Hope?