The Golem of Prague’s got a tough gig these days. Who can count the number of times in the last ten years he’s had to haul his clay body out of the attic of the Altneu Synagogue? Is there a contract somewhere that requires him to make a cameo every time a writer wants to add a mystical spark to their work? Sure, he’s got Michael Chabon and Cynthia Ozick on the line, but lately it seems everybody’s calling him, or one of his many incarnations, to make an appearance on The X-Files or in a book—Snow in August, Golems of Gotham, The Book of Splendor, Golem Song, the list goes on. Protecting his People against stake-wielding mobs and blood libelers looks easy by comparison.
Sure enough, the guest spots continue this Sunday night, as the Golem appears on The Simpsons, the best confirmation yet of his fame. In a belated Halloween special, Bart discovers the Golem asleep in Krusty the Klown’s prop room.