My perspective is as a woman who grew up and lived in a similar Chasidic community for the first forty years of my life, who was driven out of the community for going against their rules, and whose relationship with my five children was destroyed as a result. I thought the Netflix series Unorthodox was […]
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Review of Netflix Mini Series – Unorthodox
“אונז האבען אלע אונזערע לאגיג’עס” “Unz hobben alle unzere luggages” (we have all of our luggage) (Yanky on the phone with his mother from the Berlin airport). Well, you don’t get more authentic than that. The mix of Yiddish and English, the projection of Yiddish rules on an English word (luggage), all seasoned with […]
Tonight I had an unusual experience …
Tonight I had an unusual experience. I went to the theatre to watch Fiddler on the Roof. For me going to the theatre is not unusual. I have been to the theatre before. I have been OTD for over 7 years now – going to the West End and enjoying a night out is not […]