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  1. Deborah Feldman is an American-born German writer living in Berlin. Her 2012 autobiography, Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots, tells the story of her escape from an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn, New York, and was the basis of the 2020 Netflix miniseries Unorthodox.

  2. Jul 9, 2020 · The author of "Unorthodox" and the Netflix series based on it reveals that her former spouse, who married her as a teen in a Hasidic sect, also left the fold and thanked her for showing him the way. She says they have a good relationship and trust each other as parents.

  3. www.deborahfeldman.com › aboutDeborah Feldman

    Deborah Feldman is a former Hasidic woman who wrote the bestselling memoir UNORTHODOX and the Netflix series based on it. She lives in Berlin with her son and writes in Yiddish and German.

  4. Apr 11, 2024 · Feldman, who wrote in “Unorthodox” about leaving her Hasidic community in New York, has been touching a nerve in Germany, where she is now a citizen.

  5. Mar 26, 2020 · Unorthodox is based on the life of Deborah Feldman, who wrote a memoir about her experiences. Unorthodox, an Emmy-nominated Netflix miniseries, tells the riveting story of 19-year-old Esther Shapiro's (Shira Haas) journey out of her insular, religious community in Brooklyn, toward a secular and independent life in Berlin.

    • Elena Nicolaou
    • Simon & Schuster
  6. Deborah Feldman. "Intriguing and intellectually satisfying... raises hard questions that are important to many people" -- Washington Post. Author of a memoir being published by Simon and Schuster in 2011. Deborah Feldman was born and raised in the Hasidic community of Satmar Williamsburg in Brooklyn New York. She attends Sarah lawrence College.

  7. www.deborahfeldman.com › unorthodoxDeborah Feldman

    Deborah Feldman is a former Hasidic Jew who escaped from a strict and repressive community in Brooklyn. Her memoir, Unorthodox, is now a Netflix original series that reveals the secrets and struggles of her life.

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