[Year of first publication] 1997 [Character(s)] Ruth Puttermesser [Work] The Puttermesser Papers [Creator] Cynthia Ozick [Country of publication] United States [Details] Puttermesser is a recurring character in the works of Ozick and the subject of all of the stories collected in The Puttermesser Papers . She is a Jewish-American lawyer, living in New York. In one of the stories, Ozick "Americanizes" Jewish folklore when Puttermesser confronts the evil mayor of New York, Malachy Mavett, by creating a female golem out of the dirt of her flowerpots, and with the help of the golem, turns New York into a paradise and becomes mayor.[120] [Media] 
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