When Does "Unorthodox" (2020) Take Place?
"Unorthodox" is a historical fiction television show showran by Anna Winger with Alexa Karolinski and released March 26th, 2020.
It takes place in the year:
We know this because it depicts a young woman leaving the real-world secretive and oppressive Satmar Hasidic Jewish community in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York. Although many details are changed, Esther "Esty" Shapiro is based on the real-world Satmar escapee Deborah Feldman, who left Williamsburg in 2009 AD.
2009 AD
We know this because it depicts a young woman leaving the real-world secretive and oppressive Satmar Hasidic Jewish community in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York. Although many details are changed, Esther "Esty" Shapiro is based on the real-world Satmar escapee Deborah Feldman, who left Williamsburg in 2009 AD.
The entire narrative covers less than a month, so it is contained within the 2009 AD calendar year.
There are also many flashbacks in most of the four episodes to Esty's courtship and marriage to Yaakov "Yanky" Shapiro as well as their first year of marriage. The real-world Feldman married in 2003 AD.
