Leivick 's style was neo-Romantic and marked by a deep apocalyptic pessimism combined with an almost naive interest and yearning for the mystical and messianic , themes that continually appeared in his writing , particularly '' The Golem '' , which depicted the Jewish Messiah and Jesus Christ as representatives of a peaceful redemption , only to be chased away by the Maharal of Prague and his violent Golem , who ultimately rampaged through the streets of Prague injuring large numbers of people , both Jews and Christians . In '' The Golem , '' Leivick simultaneously condemned any attempts to heal the world through violence , but also highlighted the fallibility and impotence of all would-be Messiahs . The poem was widely interpreted as a thinly veiled critique of the Bolshevik Revolution and caused Leivick to be criticized by the Soviet Union and Communist Yiddishists . Leivick stopped writing for the Communist papers in 1929 following their public support for the Arab riots in Palestine and broke off all connections with the left following the Molotov – Ribbentrop Pact of 1939
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1929 Palestine riots
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