Netflix’s widely popular miniseries “Unorthodox,” inspired by Deborah Feldman’s 2012 debut memoir, joins an emerging subgenre of television explorations of Hasidic Jewish communities and characters.
From the critically acclaimed Israeli hit series “Shtisel” — in which universal struggles between generations just happen to be set within a Haredi (umbrella term for ultra-Orthodox) community — to Netflix’s original documentary “One of Us” — an important but incomplete portrait of people who flee the Hasidic community — depictions of extremely religious Jews are becoming more mainstream.