![]() ![]() Each of them is about traditional Jews confronting modernity. ![]() There would be no dramatic or literary “there” there. Imagine “Madame Bovary” without her inner struggles. “Rabbi, why can’t they just show Orthodox Jews being happy with their religion? Why does it have to be about Orthodox Jews who have walked away from their strict faith and observance?” Imagine, now, “four questions” about “My Unorthodox Life.”ġ. There was “One of Us,” about formerly Hasidic Jews. There was “ Unorthodox,” starring the immensely popular Shira Haas, based on Deborah Feldman’s memoir. “My Orthodox Life” is part of the “let’s criticize Orthodoxy” genre. I could barely get through a single episode of a series that seems to be portraying the lives of people who are utterly uninteresting and superficial. I will say this: It is not good for television. I cannot say whether or not it is good for the Jews. So, is this reality television series “good for the Jews”? I want them to know that they matter, in and of themselves, not just as wives and mothers. I want them to be doctors or lawyers or whatever they want to be. I want women to be able to sing in public if they want or dance in public if they want. What I would love to see is that women have an opportunity to have a real education, can go to college, do not get married off at 19 on a “shidduch ,” or arranged match. It focuses on Julia’s decision to leave the strictures of ultra-Orthodox Jewish life in Monsey, New York, and to enter secular life - or, at the very least, non-Orthodox Jewish life.Īs Julia herself put it for Jewish Telegraphic Agency: ![]() Then, Unilever, owner of Ben & Jerry’s, announced that it will no longer sell its famous ice cream brand in the occupied territories of the West Bank.įor those who have been living in a Wi-Fi-free cave for the past month, “My Unorthodox Life” is a Netflix series about Julia Haart - the fashion designer, entrepreneur and CEO of Elite World Group - and her family. Then, there was the pandemic of antisemitic incidents that followed. To paraphrase Shakespeare: In the Jewish world, this has been the “summer of our discontent.” ![]()
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