»UNorthodox« THE SCANDALOUS REJECTION OF MY HASIDIC ROOTS Its almost here! In just a few weeks, Netflix will release the mini-series »Unorthodox« based on Deborah Feldman's novel by the same name. When it does, it will be helping to carry the incredible story of female self-emancipation out into the world. Deborah Feldman wrote »Unorthodox« several years ago, a novel about growing up in the ultra-conservative Jewish Satmar community in New York. Her story is a testament to a struggle against fear, oppression and religious fanaticism in our modern world. The escape from the Satmar community, which Feldman tells as a poignant act of liberation, is to be understood as an attempt at self-empowerment.
In her unsparing account, Feldman shows us what it means to live in total exclusion from the outside world and in constant guilt. Her novel redefined the autobiographical literary genre. Political, wise and clever – its both an absolute book and series recommendation!
»Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots« by Deborah Feldman, paperback published October 2nd, 2012 by Simon & Schuster. ISBN: 9781439187012
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