I'm not Jewish so a comment is probably not the right thing to do. But, on the face of it, the Hasidim Sect seems to be totally controlling but reading about it has at least given me a little understanding. Not a way of life I would like, but not being brought up in it, how would I know.
Esty was a very brave girl who threw off the shackles of extremism, that's what I got from the series.