The opening episode addresses subjects rarely discussed publicly by rabbis, including sex, drugs, war, guilt, forgiveness, identity and the search for meaning.

Rabbi Wein authored numerous books and produced lectures, newsletters, and educational programs that made Jewish history accessible to lay audiences around the world.

During the third and fourth centuries CE, wine was a cornerstone of daily life and commerce throughout the Mediterranean.

Director Salvador Litvak drew inspiration from the 2019 Chabad of Poway synagogue shooting in California, where a gunman killed one worshipper and injured three others on the last day of Passover.

The three men are thought to have carried out the killing at Iran's orders.

Rabbi Edelstein, the spiritual leader of Lithuanian Haredi Jewry in Israel, had been hospitalized since the Shavuot holiday.

'Today, we differentiate between good and evil, right and wrong,' said Rabbi Leo Dee.

The Jerusalem College of Technology has launched a rabbinic ordination program that allows students to pursue clergy positions in English-speaking communities in Israel without jeopardizing financial security.