[1][2] Judaism Unbound was founded by Dan Libenson in 2015, and would develop from a podcast into a digitally-based centre for Jewish education and experimentation.

[3] Libenson and Rofeberg analyze Judaism in the context of the 21st century while interviewing experts and regular Jewish people.

[4] Libenson claims that the traditional methods of engaging people with Judaism alienates American Jews and that digital mediums such as podcasts and online teaching can be used to address that problem.

[6] Rofeberg grew up in Shorewood, Wisconsin before becoming a rabbinical student at the Alliance for Jewish Renewal and later attending Brown University.

[6] The show's format was originally based on tech podcasts like This Week In Tech and Future Tense and focused on interviewing well known Jewish leaders such as Benay Lappe, Noam Sienna, and Lori Schneide Shapiro[3] In April 2019, the podcast had over 200 episodes and one million downloads.