Kaddish (16 Feb. 1997)
"The X Files" Kaddish (original title)

Scully and Mulder investigate a series of murders that began with the beating and shooting of a young Orthodox Jew named Isaac Luria by a gang of young men. One of those men, 16 year-old ... See full summary »

Director:

Kim Manners

Writers:

Chris Carter (creator), Howard Gordon

Stars:

David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Justine Miceli

Cast

Episode cast overview:
David Duchovny	...	Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson	...	Dana Scully
Justine Miceli	...	Ariel Weiss
David Groh	...	Jacob Weiss
David Wohl	...	Kenneth Ungar
Channon Roe	...	Derek Banks
Harrison Coe	...	Isaac Luria
Jonathan Whittaker	...	Curt Brunjes
Timur Karabilgin	...	Tony
Jabin Litwiniec	...	Clinton Bascombe
George Gordon	...	The Detective
Murrey Rabinovitch	...	1st Hasidic Man
David Freedman	...	Rabbi

Storyline

Scully and Mulder investigate a series of murders that began with the beating and shooting of a young Orthodox Jew named Isaac Luria by a gang of young men. One of those men, 16 year-old Tony Oliver, has since been strangled by someone - or something - with Isaac Luria's fingerprints. With rumors that Luria has risen from the dead to seek his revenge, the two remaining killers dig up his grave and find his body in the casket. One of them is killed however. They suspect that Luria's father-in-law, Jacob Weiss, might somehow be involved in the revenge killings but Mulder thinks the solution lies elsewhere - in the legend of the Golem.

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Plot Keywords:

golem | reanimation | raining | nazism | vengence | 

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Hebrew

Release Date:

16 February 1997 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Stage 2, North Shore Studios, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Fox Television, Ten Thirteen Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When referring to the overheard conversation between Curt Brunjes, Scully and Mulder, two teenagers are exhuming the remains of Isaac Luria, one teenager asks the other, "didn't you hear the man?", referring to the rumor that Mr. Luria has risen from the grave. The actual line was spoken by Scully, not Mulder.

User Reviews

Stupid Characters - Untrue Information - Terrible Acting

As an orthodox Jew (who has not always been) it is always both hilarious and baffling how Hollywood and all other studios can never get it right when depicting orthodox Jews. The pronunciation of keys words such as Tatte being said as "tah tay" is ridiculous! For goodness sake people get a real orthodox person as a consultant PLEASE!!!. If only they could create something really exciting to depict the stories of the Golem with realistic Jewish characters. If only Steven Spielberg would take up a project like this. Maybe it would be done right. Even the facts of creating a Golem was never done this was 2000 years ago. Not unless you are thinking of the source of Sanhedrin 65b. They should have base their sources much later with the Maharal of Prague. Even the name Isaac Luria, supposedly based on the "Ari" is so off. I was so hoping for something believable. This was awfully fake, as most depictions of religious Jews are.