Gabriel Attal, the new French Prime Minister, is the country's first openly gay prime minister and the fifth of Jewish ancestry.

Moshe Reuven Azman, the rabbi who heads Kyiv's Brodsky Synagogue, has emerged as an influential Jewish leader providing humanitarian relief in Ukraine following the Russian invasion.

Leo Tolstoy's views on sexual desire and its impact on spirituality are explored in his writings, particularly in works like Anna Karenina and The Kreutzer Sonata.