The hobbit
How Jews Helped Inspire J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit’
According Meir Soloveichik, J.R.R. Tolkien’s writings indicate that he based Middle Earth’s dwarves on Jews.
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.
