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Shtisel Netflix Series: About The Ultra-Orthodox Community
In this article, I will present the perspectives of a Syrian girl into the Israeli series ‘Shtisel’ that led to its success.
In one scene in the television series “Shtisel”, a bearded man appears accompanying his son, who has reached the age of commission, on his first trip to Medina, where the Jewish seminary is located to teach the Torah and Talmud. They both wear the black hat with wide brims and hanging behind their ears, the long tresses that characterize the ultra-Orthodox fundamentalists.
The boy had not previously left the isolated community in which he lived, and it was clear that he was fascinated by the scenes he saw in the city and while riding the bus, especially the women who revealed their legs and the woman breastfeeding her child.
Then his father said to him: “When your grandfather was taking me to Medina at your age, he would take off his glasses and put them on my eyes. Thus, he would not see anything nor me. What do you think if we tried that?”
Inside Shtisel Netflix Series
The Israeli series “Shtisel” depicts the life of a Haredi family, who lives in a neighborhood of Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem. The episodes also include scenes of a family struggling to adhere to the values and laws prevailing in this…
