Shira Haas, Israel
Esther Shapiro
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- 1. Part 1 Mar 26, 2020
- After a fruitless first year of marriage, Esty runs away to Berlin and finds new freedom.
- 2. Part 2 Mar 26, 2020
- In Berlin, Esty's friends challenge many of her longheld beliefs but also provide a safe space.
- 3. Part 3 Mar 26, 2020
- Esty realizes she needs help to audition for the scholarship she desperately needs.
Unorthodox is a German drama television miniseries that debuted on Netflix on March 26, 2020. The first Netflix series to be primarily in Yiddish, it is inspired by Deborah Feldman's 2012 autobiography, Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots.
A Hasidic Jewish woman in Brooklyn flees to Berlin from an arranged marriage and is taken in by a group of musicians — until her past comes calling. Watch trailers & learn more.
Unorthodox: Created by Anna Winger. With Shira Haas, Amit Rahav, Jeff Wilbusch, Alex Reid. Story of a young ultra-Orthodox Jewish woman who flees her arranged marriage and religious community to start a new life abroad.
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- 2020-03-26
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Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots is a 2012 memoir by Deborah Feldman. In the book, she documents her life in an ultra-religious Jewish community in Brooklyn, New York. The Netflix miniseries Unorthodox is loosely based on the book.
Apr 17, 2020 · Unorthodox follows Esther “Esty” Shapiro (played by Israeli actress Shira Haas), a headstrong 19-year-old girl who, deeply unhappy with her place in the Satmar Hasidic community in Brooklyn...
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Mar 25, 2020 · “Unorthodox” is, unambiguously, the story of a woman’s escape from a society that she finds suffocating and unsustaining.
