Image Source: Getty / Christophe Gateau Have you ever had the fleeting thought of leaving everything behind? That's what Deborah Feldman (above) did, and now, the true story of how she cut ties with the Hasidic community will be the basis for Unorthodox , one of Netflix's latest offerings . In her early 20s , Feldman moved away from her conservative Hasidic home in New York with her son. Years down the road, she eventually made her way to Europe, just like the protagonist in the series. She later published her bestselling memoir Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots , which would inspire the new adaptation starring Shira Haas ( The Zookeeper's Wife ). Feldman's life, undoubtedly, has been full of twists and turns - here's how her journey unfolded. What Feldman's Hasidic Upbringing Looked Like Feldman was born in 1986 in Williamsburg as a part of the Satmar Hasidic community, a sect of ultra-Orthodox Jews from Hungary and Romania known for
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