Helene Wecker
Helene Wecker's debut novel The Golem and the Jinni is now available. Read more about Helene here.
Articles by Helene Wecker
Statues and Golems
I was 28 before I first saw the Statue of Liberty in person. I’d been accepted to grad school in ...
Under the Influence of Golems
Here’s a confession: I haven’t read that many golem stories. Or at least, as many as someone who’s written a book called ...
On Writing a Novel in Two Cultures
Yesterday I wrote that my novel, The Golem and the Jinni , is “pretty darn Jewish.” In truth, that’s only ...
The Most Jewish Thing I Do
When I started looking through the extensive and awe-inspiring Visiting Scribe archives, one theme kept popping out at me: the perennial ...