The Ashkenazi Revolution

306medieval writing. The most famous golem narrative involves Judah Loew benBezalel, the late 16th century chief rabbi of Prague, also known as the Maharal,who reportedly created a golem to defend thePrague ghetto from antisemitic attacks and pogroms. Depending on the versionof the legend, the Jews in Prague were to be either expelled or killed underthe rule of Rudolf II, the Holy Roman Emperor. To protect the Jewish community,the rabbi constructed the Golem out of clay from the banks of the Vltava river,and brought it to life through rituals and Hebrew incantations. As this golemgrew, it became increasingly violent, killing gentiles and spreading fear. Adifferent story tells of a golem that fell in love, and when rejected, becamethe violent monster seen in most accounts. Some versions have the golemeventually turning on its creator or attacking other Jews.Great EagleMaimonides.A respectful moniker forHaganah Haganah (Hebrew: "The Defense") wasa Jewish paramilitary organization in what was then the British Mandate ofPalestine from 1920 to 1948, which later became the core of the Israel DefenseForces.Haim Hazaz Haim Hazaz (September 16,1898 -March 24,1973) was an Israeli novelist.Hanilai and HasinaiAbout 40 c.e., the royal family of*Adiabene, situated between two tributaries of the Tigris, converted toJudaism. Josephus reports (Ant, 18:3146°.) that two Jewish brothers,*Anilaeus and Asinaeus (Hanilai, Hasinai) established a "Jewish state" inBabylonia, which lasted from about 20 to about 35 c.e.Hannah SzenesOften anglicized as HannahSenesh (July 17, 1921 – November 7, 1944) was a Hungarian Jew, one of 37Jews who lived in the British Mandate for Palestine (now Israel), who were trainedby the British army to parachute into Yugoslavia during the Second World War inorder to help save the Jews of Hungary, who were about to be deported to theGerman death camp at Auschwitz.Hashomer HatzairHashomer (alsotransliterated Hashomer Hatsair or HaShomer HaTzair, translating asTheYouth Guard) is a Socialist–Zionist youth movement founded in 1913