"The Silence of Malka" is a graphic novel set in a Jewish settlement in Argentina at the end of the 19th century, featuring a golem created to help a struggling farmer and his family.

The Industrial Removal Office (IRO) was established in 1901 by German American Jewish leaders to relocate unemployed eastern European Jewish immigrants from New York City to smaller American cities with Jewish communities and job opportunities, aiming to alleviate problems in NYC and prevent radical movements.