Samuel Johnstone and the "Jew Monster" Story.?

Ancient Jewish lore, tells of many rabbis who brought the Golem to life. But of all the legends, the Golem of Prague is the most famous.

The story goes, that Rabbi Judah Loew, took clay from the banks of the river Vltava, moulded it into the shape of a man, and brought it to life by inserting a strip of parchment, with God's divine name written on it, beneath the figure's tongue.

At a time when Jews were subjected to anti-semitic practices - the Golem's main duty was protect the Jews of Prague.

The Golem was put to work, with it's incredible strength and limited thinking abilities, Golems tended to follow any instruction, completely literally - which often proved destructive.

Day in day out, the Golem would work tirelessly helping with harvest and a multitude of manual work. But, come Friday, the Jewish Sabbath, the rabbi would remove the shem (the parchment) from it's mouth, and the creature would become a harmless statue, while the rabbi took the Sabbath service.

But one day, the rabbi forgot to remove the shem, and while he conducted the service, the Golem went berserk.

Alerted by the shouts and screams of the people, the rabbi ran from the Synagogue, to find the Golem raging in the streets.

He pulled the shem from it's mouth, and the creature became motionless.

From there, he took the Golem to the attic of the Synagogue and hid it away.

To ensure it remained undiscovered, he forbade anyone to enter the attic, and as an extra precaution, took away the wooden stairs that led up to it.

It is believed that the rabbi hid the Golem in the attic of the synagogue to enable it to be re-summoned again in the future, if the need arose.

Even today, it's said that the Golem still resides in the attic of the Synagogue of Prague.

Though one man, called Ivan MacKerle did check it out - and found only layers of dust and rubble inside the attic - but could that have been all that remains of the 16th century Golem of Prague - the rubble and dust was 3 feet thick!!