J.r.r. tolkien
Happy Hobbit Day, the Jewish Way
Every year, a great day dawns on Middle Earth: September 22, or Hobbit Day, for those who didn’t grow up on a steady diet of tales of rings, angry wizards, and small creatures with big feet.
Of Hobbits and The Golem
Not all bearded, money-grubbing dwarves are evil, anti-Semitic stand-ins for Jews. As it turns out, J.R.R. Tolkien was something of a Judeophile.
Esperanto, the 'Worldwide Yiddish'
What do fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien, Yugoslavian dictator Josip Broz Tito, Brazilian soccer star Pelé and financier George Soros have in common? They all share an interest in Esperanto, an invented language whose goal is to unite humankind.
Did Tolkien Take a Page From Purim?
Jewschool’s Ben Dreyfus notes a striking similarity between J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy masterpiece “The Lord of the Rings” and the Purim story: