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Luzer Twersky is an American actor who left the Hasidic community in Brooklyn in 2008. He starred in Felix and Meira, Transparent, and One of Us, and played Baal Shem Tov in Dovbush.
Luzer Twersky is an actor who was born in Brooklyn to a Hasidic Jewish family and left it in his early twenties. He has worked on films such as Felix and Meira, The Chosen, and Undone, and served as a technical adviser to Felix and Meira.
- January 1, 1
- 2 min
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Where Is Ari Hershkowitz Now?
- Where Is Luzer Twersky Now?
- Where Is Etty Ausch Now?
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Although born as the second of nine children in an Ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Jewish family in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Ari (or Arye) knew quite early on that this wasn’t the life he wanted for himself. After all, he was allegedly repeatedly assaultedin a synagogue by an older man at the age of 8 and then taken advantage of again by three individuals in...
If there’s one thing absolutely nobody can deny, it’s that Luzer’s life has been nothing short of a rollercoaster owing to his intrinsic struggles with faith and the (literally!) dramatic years to follow. The truth is he left the Brooklyn Hasidic community in 2008 upon realizing he didn’t really believe in God much, shortly after which he came acro...
Last but definitely not least, there’s Etty, whom we see break away from not just ultra-orthodox Judaism but also her “abusive” husband despite the fact they have seven young children together. In fact, it chronicles their bitter custody battle, along with the Hasidic community essentially banding together to follow and harass her while going as fa...
Luzer Twersky is one of the three former Hasidic Jews featured in the documentary 'One of Us'. He left the Brooklyn community in 2008 and pursued a career in acting, appearing in films like 'Felix and Meira' and 'Not Quite Kosher'.
Apr 2, 2015 · A decade ago, Luzer Twersky was a member of a Hasidic community in Brooklyn. Now, having left that world entirely, he’s only Orthodox in the movies. In “ Felix & Meira,” due out on April 17, he...
- Mekado Murphy
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4,278 Followers, 544 Following, 768 Posts - Luzer Twersky (@ltwersky) on Instagram: "Some guy from some things. зараз грає роль Бешта в «Довбуші» 💙💛 🇮🇱🇺🇦".
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Dec 15, 2015 · Luzer Twersky is an actor who plays Mendel in Season Two of Amazon’s hit television show “Transparent.” He grew up in an insular Hasidic community in Brooklyn, which he left in his early 20s, with help from Footsteps , an organization that helps formerly ultra-Orthodox Jews integrate into mainstream society.
Dec 14, 2017 · In the New Yiddish Rep’s masterful production of “Awake and Sing,” Luzer Twersky plays Sam Feinschreiber, the hapless cuckold, an outsider in a play filled with outsiders. The drama...
