![]() ![]() Haas’s performance as Esty, a newlywed, is extraordinary. In her book, Feldman is baffled by her body’s rejection of sexual relations with her husband. She was married at 17 to a boy she had seen only twice previously. Feldman’s actual break from the Satmar was more gradual. However, unlike Feldman, Esty immediately escapes to Berlin and falls in with a group of musicians. The series adeptly captures the spirit of Feldman’s story. ![]() “Unorthodox” is based on Deborah Feldman’s memoir of the same name. In the beginning moments of “Unorthodox,” Esty flees her Hasidic community, no longer adhering to the restraints of her marriage, or the eruv. They reestablished their community in Brooklyn to repopulate their numbers and continue their brand of Judaism. ![]() Shira Haas, the Israeli actress known to Netflix audiences from “ Shtisel,” plays the anxious Esther, or Esty as she known in her family, to perfection.Įsty belongs to the Satmar Hasidic sect, a group of ultra-Orthodox Jews who were practically wiped out during the Holocaust. This particular eruv dangles in the air, effectively stranding the group of young mothers who have gathered in 19-year-old Esther Shapiro’s Williamsburg apartment building in Brooklyn. ![]()
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