Unorthodox

‘Unorthodox’ author Deborah Feldman is a lightning rod in Germany’s debate about criticizing Israel

The outspoken former member of a Brooklyn Hasidic sect has been a vocal Israel critic in Germany, which since World War II has been highly sensitive to perceptions of antisemitism.

 An Israeli flag flutters next to a German and a EU flag, one day after Hamas' attacks on Israel, outside the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, October 8, 2023.
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Reality star Miriam Haart: ‘Israel opened my mind to the vast ways of practicing Judaism’

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The Jewels of Antwerp: How two series' are changing perceptions of Orthodox Jewish life

The Netflix logo is seen on their office in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, US July 16, 2018.

Netflix to produce a ‘Jewish Matchmaking’ series


As ‘My Unorthodox Life’ Season 2 films, real divorce and drama hit the Haart family

Julia Haart’s memoir, “Brazen,” is also due to hit shelves in April.

 Haart and her 11-year-old son Aron, who is still religious.

Ex-Hassid who advised ‘Unorthodox’ comes out as trans

Lili Rosen, the ex-Hasidic Jew who advised popular Netflix series 'Unorthodox,' came out amid her translating a children's sexuality guide into Yiddish

 “God knows that if I as a teenager had access to this, it would have been inordinately helpful and beneficial to me in my journey. I may have even come out 20 years ago, or 30 years ago,” Rosen said.

Journalist breaking Orthodoxy’s sexual abuse stories wishes he didn’t have to

Journalists Aaron Rabinowitz and Shira Elk revealed allegations of sexual abuse against Yehudah Meshi-Zahav, the founder of Zaka. This generated a flood of tips that led to a new investigation.

Yehuda Meshi Zahav, Chairman Israel's Zaka rescue unit speaks at a conference of the Israeli Television News Company in Jerusalem on March 7, 2021.

'Shtisel' Actress Shira Haas eulogizes her Holocaust survivor grandmother

"My grandma, my love, has passed," she wrote in a touching Instagram post, sharing a selfie with her grandmother and a second photo of them holding hands.

SHIRA HAAS receives the prize for Best Supporting Actress at the 2018 Ophir Awards ceremony

My Unorthodox Life renewed, ‘Hit & Run’ canceled By Netflix

The news comes a month and a half after the release of Season 1 of Hit & Run, which ended with a major cliffhanger.

Lior Raz in 'Hit and Run.'

Three ladies, three lattes: My (Un)Orthodox reaction

You ask the questions, the three latte ladies provide the answers!

 Sisters Miriam and Batsheva lounge by the pool at their mother’s Hamptons  estate, with Bat’s husband Binyamin

Women's sexuality is taboo, says My Unorthodox Life star to 'Post'

Give this show a chance. Is it the best I’ve seen? No. Is it terrible? No. It’s an inspiring story of a woman who loves her family and reinvented herself.

Julia Haart with her son Aron on the first season of Netflix's "My Unorthodox Life."

Orthodox world divided over Netflix show 'My Unorthodox Life'

Netflix series on fashion mogul Julia Haart has religious community on the offensive

JULIA HAART in ‘My Unorthodox Life.’

The reality TV show 'My Unorthodox Life' makes one miss the Kardashians

Oh Kardashians, where art thou... you seem so “innocent” and “real” now next to this new show so “unorthodox” and full of lies.

JULIA HAART has let us into her  ‘Unorthodox Life’ on Netflix.

‘My Unorthodox Life’ star to critics: Watch before you judge me

“Before you judge the show, maybe you might want to watch the show?” Haart responded to those who say the reality TV series is cheap shots against Orthodoxy.

JULIA HAART in ‘My Unorthodox Life.’

Shira Haas gives life to a devastating illness in Israeli film ‘Asia’

In the starkly photographed, minimalist film, Haas plays Vika, a tough yet sensitive kid struggling from a degenerative neurological disease.

Israeli actresses Alena Yiv, left, and Shira Haas play a mother and daughter in "Asia," an award-winning Israeli film now seeing a US release.