Unorthodox is a German-American miniseries that debuted on Netflix on 26 March 2020.
The first Netflix series to be primarily in Yiddish, it is inspired by Deborah Feldman's 2012
autobiography, Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots. Esty, a 19-year-old Jewish woman, is living unhappily in an arranged marriage among an
ultra-Orthodox community in Brooklyn, NYC. She runs away to Berlin, where her estranged
mother lives, and tries to navigate a secular life, discovering life outside her community
and rejecting all of the beliefs she grew up with. Her husband, who learns that she is pregnant,
travels to Berlin with his cousin, by order of their rabbi, to try to find her. Students will have the option of participating in a synchronous screening of the
German series “Unorthodox” and subsequent discussion via a Netflix viewing party.
Students will get 25 extra credits for taking part in the whole Netflix party! Please sign up for the Netflix party series by the 21th of October 11:59pm.
Contact: agerke@uw.edu 10/22 2:30pm Info Session (required to sign-up for the Netflix Viewing Party): washington.zoom.us… Meeting-ID: 998 0410 2979 Kenncode: 862663 10/29 2:30pm Netflix Party: Series Unorthodox Episode 1 10/05 2:30pm Netflix Party: Series Unorthodox Episode 2 11/12 2:30pm Netflix Party: Series Unorthodox Episode 3 11/19 2:30pm Netflix Party: Series Unorthodox Episode 4 |