Taffy Brodesser-Akner to Pen Adaptation of ‘The Orthodox Hit Squad’ for Stacey Snider's Sister Banner
New York TimesMagazine writer and author Taffy Brodesser-Akner has been tapped by Sister, the production shingle headed byStacey Snider, to penThe Get, a feature based on Matt Shaer’s GQ piece ‘The Orthodox Hit Squad.’ The Get will tell the story of Mendel Epstein,one notorious rabbi in New York and New Jersey's ultra-orthodox communities, who was sought for help in managing the worst divorce cases, where husbands exploited Jewish law to deny their wives freedom from miserable marriages. This help included beatings, open graves and cattle prods to the testicles, and it worked, but it also showed how a noble goal can sometimes only be accomplished by the most unconscionable of methods.