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 to life
despite knowing little about Judaism and even less about golems. Unable to communicate with his
nine-foot-six four hundred-pound Yiddish-speaking guest Len enlists a bodega clerk and
ex-Hasid named Miri Apfelbaum to translate. Eventually The Golem learns English by binging
Curb Your Enthusiasm after ingesting a massive amount of LSD and reveals that he is a creature
with an ancestral memory he recalls every previous iteration of himself making The Golem a
repository of Jewish history and trauma. He demands to know what crisis has prompted his
re-creation and whom must he destroy. When Miri shows him a video of white nationalists
marching and chanting Jews will not replace us the answer becomes clear--
