If you’re struggling to find something new to binge, then we think we have the solution for you. Netflix’s latest mini-series, Unorthodox is the show that has gotten everyone talking about it.
And we can see why. Unorthodox is based on Deborah Feldman’s memoir of the same name. It tells the story of Esther Shapiro, a young Orthodox Jewish woman.
Esther flees her arranged marriage after she struggles to consummate the marriage and have a baby. She heads to Berlin with almost nothing as she tries to start her new life.
However, divorce is extremely hard to get in Orthodox Jewish marriages. To dissolve an Orthodox Jewish marriage, a wife must be granted a ‘get’ – a simple document dating back to ancient times that says a couple is no longer
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