And it’s not because they’re not brilliant or hardworking, or they don’t want to, you know, change their life and become part of the outside world, it’s because they’re not equipped to handle it. Thank you for pointing that out, because that is the truth - most people who leave do not have that same experience. And so I felt that it is such an unusual story that perhaps it may inspire someone, it may give someone the courage to change their life.Ĭan you elaborate about how you left the community? Most people who leave do not end up where you are. There are so many women in different situations, different countries, religions … it doesn’t matter what the impediment is to them achieving their goals, but there are so many women suffering. And what I have seen is that it’s a story that hopefully - that’s my prayer - may help other women. I have met so many thousands of women from different walks of life, different situations, different cultures and nationalities. It’s not an easy decision to make, but I chose to do it. And we live in a world with social media and, you know, people get attacked.
I hadn’t ever done anything, and I wanted to first get known for what I was capable of - to show the world what I had inside of me.Īnd then, to go from there to sharing it with the planet, that was a very difficult decision for me because it is very personal and private. I started telling my close friends after I became creative director of La Perla. Haart: When I first left the community, I didn’t tell a soul. JTA: How did you decide to tell your story so publicly? And why now? This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity. Here are some more highlights from Haart’s JTA interview about her religious Jewish upbringing, why she decided to tell her story now and the impact she hopes to have on the community she left. It’s just about opening the outside world to yourself, and realizing that there are wonderful people in every nationality, in every ethnicity, in every religion.” “All I said is, talk to girls, get an education, go to college. “Do I give them a hard time about being religious? No, the only person I ever gave a hard time to was Aron,” Haart said. But in her interview with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, she said much more, including that she does not pressure those close to her to change their ways. We included Haart’s defense against that criticism in our first story about “My Unorthodox Life,” what the show depicts and the feedback it’s getting. It’s also evidence that Haart’s critics are citing to show that she wants to force the people in her life to abandon Orthodoxy the way she did before becoming a fashion industry CEO, all in her 40s. It’s among the more emotionally charged scenes on the show, which premiered this week on Netflix. She tells him that life is bigger than the Torah. He says engaging with girls - or sports, for that matter - would distract him from learning Torah. On “My Unorthodox Life,” the new Netflix reality show about her family, Haart is shown encouraging the 14-year-old to give up the commitment he made at summer camp not to talk to girls at his new school. ( JTA) - Julia Haart doesn’t want her son Aron to stop being Orthodox.
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