![]() ![]() ![]() Even though some details have been changed, the conflicts and themes are still the same. The Netflix miniseries Unorthodox is loosely based on the book. In the book, she documents her life in an ultra-religious Jewish community in Brooklyn, New York. In the sense of the story being told about one woman's experience, which is based on my own, this feels accurate and authentic to me, the person who went through it. Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots is a 2012 memoir by Deborah Feldman. ![]() "In the sense of narrative, accuracy is about the authenticity of perspective, and this has been achieved. That doesn't work in art, it only works in the sciences," says Feldman. As a member of the strictly religious Satmar sect of Hasidic Judaism, Deborah Feldman grew up. However, I don't believe that total accuracy is ever possible in representation because to achieve total accuracy, you have to sacrifice the narrative completely. Now a Netflix original series Unorthodox is the bestselling memoir of a young Jewish womans escape from a religious sect, in the tradition of Ayaan Hirsi Alis Infidel and Carolyn Jessops Escape, featuring a new epilogue by the author. So how accurate is the portrayal of Esty’s community and her life in it? "I think it is an accurate depiction. ![]() It is loosely based on Deborah Feldmans 2012 memoir, Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots. "I think it has contributed to the cultural dialogue in such a way as to be able to transform it, and that is the highest goal of art for me," she says. Unorthodox is a four-part Netflix-produced German-American miniseries directed by Maria Schrader and streamed since March 26, 2020. She has no way of knowing how her family or her community reacted to the mini-series, but Feldman is very happy with how it turned out. ![]()
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