Renee Ghert-Zand is a reporter and feature writer for The Times of Israel.
From left: John Berchtold as Isaac and Sammi Rotibi as Nate in The Forbidden Wish (Underdog Overkill Productions)
John Berchtold as Isaac in The Forbidden Wish (Underdog Overkill Productions)
Scene from The Forbidden Wish (Underdog Overkill Productions)
From left: Sammi Rotibi as Nate and John Berchtold as Isaac in The Forbidden Wish (Underdog Overkill Productions)
Obsidian doll that belonged to young son of Rabbi Nate (Sammi Rotibi) in The Forbidden Wish (Underdog Overkill Productions)
The film “The Forbidden Wish” begins with a young man entering an American synagogue the day before Yom Kippur. He encounters the rabbi, who is rehearsing his Kol Nidre sermon for the eve of the Day of Atonement. The young man asks the rabbi to recite the Kaddish, the Jewish mourner’s prayer.