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In Dan Brown’s chaotic tale of a rampaging Golem, a case of missing Judaism

JL;DR SUMMARY Dan Brown's latest novel, "The Secret of Secrets," ventures into Jewish mythology with the enigmatic Golem of Prague but lacks depth in its portrayal of Jewish history and tradition. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CultureJewish HistoryPragueMythologyGolem Of PragueThrillerDan BrownRobert LangdonTalmudic Lore

Places mentioned

Prague, Prague, Hlavní mešto, Czechia
"The Jewish cemetery in Prague, which gets about a paragraph of mention in a book about the Golem in Prague."

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