@rebootjewish

Reboot, along with Detroit Public Theatre and Detroit Public Television, invites you for a pre-Halloween event, Erev Halloween if you will, to celebrate the most famous Jewish monster, the Golem, its history and contemporary lessons, at a festival of music, film, conversation and art. This interactive experience will be hosted in Detroit - a premier event for Reboot’s local art and culture programming.
The event will feature author Adam Mansbach, who skyrocketed to fame after the publication of the #1 New York Times bestselling pseudo-children’s book Go the F*ck to Sleep, and Dr. Justin Sledge, Detroit-based professor of Ethics, Religion, and Social-Political Philosophy with an emphasis on Jewish esotericism and the occult.
This fall, Mansbach published his fifth novel, The Golem of Brooklyn (One World, an imprint of Penguin Random House, September 2023) - a ferociously funny reimagining of the golem of Jewish folklore, who is accidentally brought to life in a basement apartment in Brooklyn and embarks on an absurd road trip to face off against the rising threat of antisemitism in America. In a conversation moderated by Angelique Power, president & CEO of The Skillman Foundation, Mansbach and Dr. Sledge will discuss the historical and contemporary connection between the legend of the golem and Jewish links between the supernatural, creativity and tikkun olam (repairing the world).
The evening will feature a variety of creative mediums. This includes Detroit artists Olivia Guterson and Faina Lerman manifesting Jewish monsters with a live painting installation, along with a digital art collection by Lynne Avadenka displayed for viewers. Excerpts of the newly remastered 1921 classic film The Golem: How He Came into This World will also be premiered along with Reboot’s new vinyl release of an original film score. The score was created in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the commercial release of Paul Wegener’s silent horror classic and features world class (and local Detroit) artists such as Alan Licht, Gretchen Gonzales, Rebecca Odes, John Olson, Nate Young, Sharon Gal, ∈Y∋, Scott Amendola, Steve Berlin (Los Lobos), and Steven Drozd (Flaming Lips).
This conversation on “The Golem of Brooklyn” was produced by Reboot in cooperation with PBS Books, which recorded and made it available for viewing on KZbin and other digital channels.
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[@TheEsotericaChannel]

This conversation on “The Golem of Brooklyn” was produced by Reboot in cooperation with PBS Books, which recorded and made it available for viewing on KZbin and other digital channels

[@lapurta22]

Through the good folk at WDET?

[@KristenKras]

Oh wow, its on KZbin for viewing?! So cool! I must check it out!

[@genghisgalahad8465]

I'm glad to have subscribed from your link awhile back! And I'm thankful for this connection and sharing!! 📚 📖 Love this multimedia convergence of tradition and lore!

[@ryanpaul1403]

Congrats on this!

[@carlalussini]

Please tell me about the picture you've used as a thumbnail it looks EXACTLY like my country's Trump (his name is Miles and elections are THIS month)

[@vapormissile]

The golem wrecking the apartment is the start of a fine D&D session. God, i love this place.

[@guaporeturns9472]

😂

[@matthew_thefallen]

Call of Cthulhu ttrps or Delta green is more fitting, in a modern era scenario...

[@vapormissile]

@@matthew_thefallen THE PARTICULAR MEDIUM OF SIMULATION DOES NOT CONCERN GOLEM. HE MUST AND SHALL EXIST. THANKS IN ADVANCE. DEMIURGE DĘMĄŅĐŞ YE SMASH THE LIKE & ROLL INITIATIVE.

[@LouisGiliberto]

I've always found the concept of a Golem interesting for at least one reason: In temple (i.e., OT ) Judaism, the Jewish people were always saved by the hand of God - God would either smite or raise up a warrior / leader; and eventually the Messiah would arrive from God who would be the Savior of Israel. The Golem indicates a transition where man becomes god-like in that he raises his own warrior and does so from mud just as God created Adam. I'm not sure if this indicates a shift in theology or culture (or even anything at all), but I find it interesting to think about.

[@williammartinactor]

What an exciting & fascinating event. Wow!

[@cheri238]

Thank you, Esoterica, Justin Sledge, and all others. Nice exhibit of writers and speakers. 🙏❤️🌏🕊🌿🎵🎶🎵

[@star_punk-zero8049]

There is something profoundly sad about the golem’s first words being “where is the crisis” It must be horrible to be aware that you only awake because the world is in some horrid tragedy

[@mysteriousdeath14400]

And to be proven right, every time...

[@dand1253]

I found it more stirring. The idea of the golem being, from the moment of it came into existence, filled with a desire to oppose injustice and defend the defenseless.

[@DIYKOM]

Love this Dr. Sledge. You're helping me access a part of my heritage I'm used to having to hide in the place where I live. I wish I'd learned about some of these topics sooner in life!

[@DrDIY1]

@diykom where do u live that you don't have religious freedom? If I may ask

[@calebadams8525]

Thank you so much for making Mr aware of this book. It's a great mix of fun and thoughtfulness.

[@craigdelaney8737]

Thanks! This was VERY Timely and Interesting!.. Honestly I probably won't get the Book. But the interview is Fascinating..👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🖖🏾

[@jasonvahl9770]

This was a fun panel, thank you for highlighting it

[@dalestaley5637]

My MIL had a copy of Uncle Tom's Cabin, written entirely in Yiddish. She donated it to her synagogue.

[@matthewsmithwick5355]

Doc this was top notch. I thoroughly enjoyed this talk.

[@Writhe_n_Shine]

So much fun to see you interact with your audience. Your humor shines through. Also, the terror of some of these subjects do, too. You are willing to make your audience uncomfortable if it means speaking of uncomfortable things that are always there and isually ignored. I love that more than anything, even the humor. Keep pushing all of our boundaries, please. And keep on working with these brilliant and hilarious minds!

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

Check out Adam's book - The Golem of Brooklyn - 978-0593729823 Consider Supporting Esoterica! Patreon - www.patreon.com/esotericachannel Paypal Donation - www.paypal.me/esotericachannel Merch - kzbin.info/door/oydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQstore

[@phillipbernhardt-house6907]

Congratulations on being a part of that wonderful event, and the excellent panel you've shared here! I am putting this book on my wishlist immediately, and will probably also get it for some of my relatives for some gifting holiday or other coming up soon! ;)

[@Bildgesmythe]

Thank you! I definitely want to read this book.

[@drewtheceo9024]

Justin. Very nice work. This is very interesting to me. I like how you bring facts to bring it into a hole new light. I will grab his book. The extra context fascinates me when we can bring them back in history with proof like you did about the psalm. Very cool. More sir...lol

[@unitymomentum]

Thanks for posting on my birthday lol🎉❤

[@mdlahey3874]

This was really great... Thank you all!

[@ArachneAnathema]

“Unchecked justice becomes vengeance, unchecked mercy means you never have justice.” Did I quote you correctly? I think you have defined a great deal that was troubling me, with that phrase.

[@dalestaley5637]

Detroit has had such a rich cultural community. Thank you for sharing this. I just watched The Limehouse Golem, who is FEMALE. FEMALES FEMALES FEMALES, religious, society's scapegoats, that still persists. Ah, misogyny, the fulcrum from which half the planet is demonized, minimized still today. I have ordered this book. I think tradition must be understood, made better, including more. As a cup of tea is shared in any village, continent, the sharing is fundamental.

[@demiurgeatemyhamster]

Really enjoyed this. That's another book for my collection.

[@freddypowell7292]

Really amazing discussion. I look forward to picking up a copy.

[@lapurta22]

So good to see you participate in something so hip back in the D. And it was quite interestimg to learn your wife is a well respected rabbi. Wish I could be a fly on the wall during your dinner table discussions.

[@jakemeyer8188]

Oh man, Esoterica AND Third Man Records?!?! This is actual Divinity...for me, anyhow.

[@purepotentialityNow]

Fabulous Discussion Thank You 😊

[@ngonfinda9606]

I didn't get a notification for this video even though the bell icon is correctly clicked

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

Sounds like youtube, sadly

[@0mn1vore]

I really like your conversations with other speakers, here and on the recent stream with Genetically Modified Skeptic. I don't know if it's something you'd want to do a lot [nerding-out over an obscure interest is often a solitary pursuit], but you're definitely good at it. Thanks. This also had me thinking about the ethical dilemmas around AI, but I can't say if that has anything to do with real AI, or the cultural baggage of cyberpunk fiction and movies like `The Terminator', `Blade Runner', etc.

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

I love conversations - always a great time

[@SobekLOTFC]

Very cool Dr Sledge- this looks like it was a lot of fun! 😊

[@M_Bamboozled]

Love that the Golem learns watching Curb Your Enthusiasm. I'm hoping it develops a rich personality - a mixture of both Larry and Leon - strong enough to open a pickle jar in a single twist and an enemy to all that would apply tongs to a cookie.

[@ingeteloo3065]

this is so good

[@Darisiabgal7573]

You handled youself quite well, had no idea your wife was a Rabbi. I guess she keeps you in line😎

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

She sure as hell tries

[@lapurta22]

@@TheEsotericaChannel I don't think God himself would cross a Jewish Mom. He is far too wise. And Dr Justin, being fairly wise himself, toes the line, I suspect. 😏

[@DonPeyote420]

If Golem was executed in Babyn Yar in 1941, then he certainly made a comeback almost exactly 2 decades later in 1961, in a liquid form, when tons of liquid CLAY (!!!) pulp broke the dam of a brick factory's reservoir near Babyn Yar, and spilled into Kurenivka below, burying thousands alive, as if a vengeful spirit trapped in clay broke out and went on a rampage, no longer having a master to obey and blindly raging through the city.

[@lapurta22]

What a "coincidence." I knew of Babyn Yar but knew nothing of this.

[@DonPeyote420]

no wonder, the 1961 Kurenivka incident was so classified and downplayed by the Soviet government that they didn't allow airplanes flying over Kyiv until everything was cleared out, there's only a handful of photographs existing.

[@luke144]

That haircut though.

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

Shared by he-man's and golems

[@luke144]

@@TheEsotericaChannel 🤣

[@delia_watercolors8186]

Thanks so much for this! I didn't make it to the event.

[@oldmanfigs]

Why was the Golem created? For the production of the Jewish community against predator behavior by non Jewish groups. Thanks Zaidy Judah Loew! I don’t know how to make one….but “I have told the story”…..

[@oldmanfigs]

The direction of this latest threat isn’t from Kentucky like he mentioned in this discussion ….it would pay to know your enemy.

[@EricVanWinkle]

Ok. I'm really excited to hear how this golem was created: accident or is it a kind of miracle, despite the sculptor. We raised my kids with Sam Jackson's reading of Go the F to Sleep, which sets a high bar.

[@EricVanWinkle]

Ok. I bought the shirt and I've tipped and now I have to join the Patreon and probably upgrade until eventually... if I was circumcised as a baby, do I have to do second one if I convert? Is there a separate tier for that? I am really fascinated by this idea of a soul recirculating, but if it requires a second snip, that could be a deal-breaker.

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

Any questions about conversion should go to your local rabbi ;)

[@aji_jacobson]

@@EricVanWinkle My understanding is that typically a small amount of blood is drawn (think diabetes finger prick if that's helpful) as a symbolic equivalent to the circumcision, but in general, I'd defer to the answer Dr Sledge gave. For more specific advice, I'd ask if they offer any open learning sessions you could sign up for as a start, and see where that takes you.

[@Mr.RobotHead]

And now I've got another book on my to-read list...

[@Shadow298]

"The Golem Is Us" would be a brilliant name for a prog doom metal album.

[@louisjov]

I feel like you should be a writer for Star Trek or something. The idea of unrestrained mercy or justice being ultimately demonic is a fascinating question that I think would work very well in that universe.

[@KristenKras]

This is a very good sounding read, think I will look up where I can get this book in Australia. Hopefully the library will have it! It is quite relevant to current affairs also. Did I hear a word for truth - Emet? Sounds a little close to Ma'at, the ancient Egyptian word/goddess. So, its really sad that the golem believes there is always crisis in the world and can't fix people, maybe I'm a golem, that seems to be close to my mindset, though I do see some good in the people of the world, I don't know if the world will ever improve. You are restoring my faith in Jewish people and Judaism. You are wonderful people. I love the wisdom of the stories in the Jewish holy books, Justin explained it really well, is he a secret rabbi? BTW, you are so right about trauma but it really is in our DNA, so human.....

[@cassandrafield5969]

I just discovered your channel this week. I have to say, I'm over here trying to exist without losing my mind. I'm not sure this channel is helping. On the other hand, it might be helping a great deal. And oh my, you brought up Isaac Newton! I had a whole little crisis about Isaac Newton and Robert Boyle and my own life!

[@EveMizgala]

This was an excellent talk! Could you post the names of the two books that you mentioned? I’ve found a number of copies of the Seref Yetzirah but I’m having trouble with the other one.

[@jamiegallier2106]

❤❤❤

[@mysteriousdeath14400]

So, exactly how righteous do I have to be to make a golem housekeeper?

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

If only I knew

[@lapurta22]

Make me one too, please

[@Cross-Carrier]

I would love to see a traditional style Esoterica video on this topic.

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

Mayhaps

[@santandersepulveda]

after Kentucky i had to skip it... is it a book !? damns would have love to read it first 😂❤

[@remyd.2275]

“Check yourself before you wreck yourself!” & all the daemons laughed.

[@certaindeathawaits]

Will you ever do a video about golems?

[@johncollins211]

Thank you Mr sledgehammer. I got a question. Do you think Harry Potter has played a part in the resurgence of interest in medieval and ancient magic?

[@bobSeigar]

Im not the hammer, but I do think it lent a hand, as did LotR, and the explosion of games like the Elder Scrolls. (The third ES game is loaded with esotericism and its wonderful)

[@witness4justice]

🤯Sooo I could (in theory) 3D print multiple Golems at several locations, animate them and then de-animate them. 🤖

[@anthonypurcell9217]

Im 40 mins from Detroit wut up tho

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

Wud up tho' indeed

[@bukerian21]

Wouldnt a robot be a golem?

[@PhilippBrandAkatosh]

Ask yourself, what is a "golem" ? A something created as a guardian, why it would be made out of clay is the only thing i dont understand.

[@derpestarzt]

can I use polymer clay? and glitter?

[@corticallarvae]

Hey doc in Abulafia’s work ….what is the difference of the devekuth and the zivugim.. there’s a simple and an epistemological and etymological difference… this lecture is way to short my friend…

[@terraschaller1111]

"Dance the gollum into being" "truth" i thought it would always speak in the same tongue of the person?

[@HoTrEtArDeDcHiXx]

Oh there has to be more than one 🙄

[@Cross-Carrier]

German soldiers in WW2 though that The Bear Jew was a Golem.

[@ryanpaul1403]

No he just puts out B-Horror films haha

[@terraschaller1111]

whats the difference between life and death? a leaf on the right

[@tomwhaley3335]

Doc sledge is so sick

[@jennyd4866]

I'm so embarrassed and ashamed that my fellow Virginiaians just keep getting it wrong, over and over again. So sad!!

[@ryanpaul1403]

Hopefully crafting and summoming the Golem in real life is easier than it was in Legend of Mana.

[@ryanpaul1403]

Shem HaMephorash!!!!!!!!

[@esoterika7774]

Wait. Is that Oliver Tree?