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Shtisel: The Netflix Hit Series and an Inside Look at Ultra-Orthodox Life

The long awaited Season 3 of the Israeli drama series “Shtisel” has just debuted. The internationally acclaimed series introduced, for the first time, the Ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) Jewish community in Jerusalem and provided an insider’s view into their daily lives and their interaction with the secular majority around them. Join us to get a glimpse at the real world behind the popular series. Moderator: Anat Balint, Jewish Studies Program, San Jose State University. Each meeting will conclude in Q&A.

4/28, 10am: Dr. Tomer Persico

Dr. Tomer Persico is the Koret Visiting Assistant Professor at the Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies, a Senior Research Scholar at the UC Berkeley Center for Middle Eastern Studies and the Shalom Hartman Institute Bay Area Scholar in Residence. He is a frequent commentator in the media and holds a popular blog. Persico will promote knowledge on Orthodox Jews, which strictly observe Jewish Halacha and isolates from the internet and any mainstream media. This program will be recorded.

5/5, 10am: Yehonatan Indursky

Meet Yehonatan Indursky, the co-writer of “Shtisel” and the creator of several other highly acclaimed films on ultra-orthodox Jews. He is a graduate of the elite ultra-Orthodox Ponevezh Yeshiva, and later a top alum of the Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School. This program can not be recorded.

Congregation Shir Hadash, Temple Emanu-el, Congregation Sinai, Congregation Beth David, Consulate general of Israel, Jewish Silicon Valley and the Jewish Studies Program at SJSU are pleased to bring this program to you.

You can choose to attend one or more of the following sessions.