Spooky & Linda 

Mini-Series Unorthodox gives audiences a glimpse into the Orthodox Jewish community of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. We get to specifically follow a young woman named Ester Shapiro who, after being married off and forced to procreate with a man she doesn’t love, flees the only home she has ever known to start a new life in Berlin. Throughout the show, we see glimpses into her past and her experiences with Jewish Traditions, and the overall intensity of the Orthodox community. We get to see pieces of Wedding rituals, weekly Shabbos traditions, protocols for having sex, and even how the Hassidic Orthodox community observes Passover, (which is being observed this week by Jewish People around the world in many different capacities.) Passover is a holiday that focuses on remembrance, specifically remembering the plights of the Jewish people in our past. Reformed Jews, as well as Orthodox, traditionally hold a Sedar which is shown in part in the fourth episode of Unorthodox. In honor of my Jewish heritage and Passover, I want to pick apart some of the pieces of this show and better understand the importance of Jewish Representation in media and how this somewhat negative representation can affect how non-Jews view us.