The Ghost and the Golem

Ingabe i-amulet yakho yomlingo ingasindisa idolobhana lakho lamaJuda ekubhujisweni? Yembula iqiniso futhi wenze ubudlelwano namasosha, abalimi, izigelekeqe, ama-anarchist, namademoni!

"I-Ghost and the Golem" iyinoveli yomlando eyinganekwane kaBenjamin Rosenbaum. Isekelwe emibhalweni ngokuphelele, amagama angu-450,000 namakhulu ezinketho, ngaphandle kwemifanekiso noma imiphumela yomsindo, futhi igqugquzelwa amandla amakhulu, angenakuvinjwa womcabango wakho.

Unyaka ngu-1881. Ukuphila endaweni yangakini emngceleni wasePoland nase-Ukraine kumnandi njengamakhekhe omisiwe futhi kubaba njengehorseradish. Abalinganisi bomdlalo bahlela imishado futhi abaculi be-klezmer badlala emishadweni; abangane bayabuyisana ngemva kwezingxabano futhi bahlebe ngomakhelwane babo; abantu bathandaza esinagogeni elincane futhi bafunde imibhalo engcwele. Kepha yisikhathi esishubile embusweni waseRussia, nezibhelu ezilwa nama-antisemitic zisabalala ezweni lonke.

Futhi ngaphakathi ephaketheni lakho kune-amulet yomlingo, eveza imibono yekusasa, amabika edolobhana lakini evutha amalangabi. Uma uyibambile ubona igazi nemizimba, uhogela ukuqhuma kwesibhamu, uzwe namaculo okumasha. (Ingabe isiRashiya leso? Noma isi-Ukrainian? Uzwa ukumemeza ngesiPolishi.)

Lelikusasa lingafezeka kanjani, futhi niyolimisa kanjani?

Uzodinga ozakwethu. Ungakwazi yini ukunyakazisa abalimi bendawo abangamaKristu noma ibutho lamaCzarist ukuze uvikele idolobhana lakho ekulimaleni? Kuthiwani ngezigebengu nama-anarchist acashe ehlathini lasendle? Uma i-sheyd yedemoni ikunikeza imali, yini ongayenza ukuze usindise labo obathandayo?

Noma, kungase kube nenye impendulo. Omunye wabangane bakho abaseduze wakha i-golem, isidalwa sobumba esinyakazayo esinamandla kunamasosha ayishumi nambili, esilindele ukugcwaliswa ngamandla anqatshelwe, igama eliyimfihlo. Ingabe uzophefumula impilo ku-golem? Uma wenza kanjalo, ingabe kuyosiza ukuvikela idolobhana lakini, noma lisize ekulichitheni?

Noma mhlawumbe umnikazi wangaphambili we-amulet angakusiza. Waxoshwa esikhungweni semfundo ephakeme ngenxa yokufunda imibhalo enqatshelwe—ngenxa yokuhlolisisa izimfihlakalo ayemncane kakhulu futhi engazinzile ukuba aziqonde, futhi manje ulahlekile. Ungamthola? Ungakwazi yini ukusebenzisa amandla awadedelile? Ingabe uyalazi igama eliyimfihlo?

• Dlala njengowesilisa, owesimame, noma ongeyena kanambambili; cis noma trans; intersex noma cha; gay, straight, bi, noma asexual.
• Yamukela umshado ohleliwe futhi ujabulise uMama wakho—futhi mhlawumbe nawe, futhi! Noma thola uthando ngokwemibandela yakho nomngane wakho wobuntwana noma umculi we-anarchist.
• Ngena ezimfihlo Zomhlaba Ongabonakali ukuze uhlangane nezipoki, ama-dybbuk, imibono engokwesiprofetho, ne-golem—noma ukhuphukele endizeni eyimfihlakalo ukuze uthole izimfihlo ezinkulu zomhlaba!
• Bambelela ngokuqinile kumasiko esikhathi esidlule sabantu bakho, noma jaha imibono emisha yesimanje.
• Phishekela uthando lwakho lomculo futhi uthole ukuhalalisela okumile esiteji—noma ujikijelwe ngamazambane njengoba wehluleka kabuhlungu.
• Khuluma nabagqugquzeli be-antisemitic, abalimi abathukuthele, amasosha angama-Czarist, nezigelekeqe ezinobutha ukuze uvikele idolobhana lakho—noma ubhekane nokunqotshwa bese ubaleka ngemva kodlame.
• Ukunqotshwa ithonya lamademoni, ukuvikele ngokukholwa noma ngokungabaza okuKhanyiswa, noma usize leyo mimoya ithole indlela eya emasangweni okuphenduka.

Ungakwazi yini ukutholela abantu bakho ukuthula—kanye nenhliziyo yakho?