By that point, she was separated from Yosef, and their four kids ranged in age from seven to late teens. It wasn't until the age of 42 in 2012 that Julia left Haredi Judaism. Ours was 'get the job done' and move along," she said. And sex with two people who love each other should bring you so much closer. "It was a chore - like folding the laundry or feeding the children. She didn't know what type of food he liked, his hobbies, his sense of humour - nothing. Because as this man walked towards her, she realised that she knew nothing about him. When she walked down the aisle, Julia said she felt "extremely petrified". It had nothing to do with him specifically - as Julia reiterated on No Filter, Yosef is a lovely person and treated her well - but she wanted a say in the matter of her future. Julia didn't want to marry Yosef, but she didn't have a choice in the matter. "My parents basically said if he's not a serial killer you're marrying him."Īnd that's what happened. They would spend less than three hours together at each meeting. She found it very hard to 'date' Yosef without touching him. But forget about not being able to touch him - you can't be in the same room as him by yourself," Julia said. You cannot touch a man, let alone shake his hand. Go back to the 1800s - there's a matchmaker, she sets you up, and there's all these rules. "The match-making system in our community is about as fun and sexy as dental work. When Julia married Yosef, she practically knew nothing about him prior to walking down the aisle. While she loved being Jewish, it was the fundamentalist lifestyle that Julia couldn't accept - a world where she says little boys were taught to thank God every morning "for not making me a woman". Watch My Unorthodox Life: Official Trailer. I wiped their little bottoms, I fed them, I changed their diapers - to the extent that my youngest brother - who is younger than my eldest daughter - I nursed him simultaneously with my daughter, as my own mother and I gave birth six months apart and she couldn't breastfeed." I was left to take care of my mother's six other children, as well as my own. Julia's first husband was Yosef Hendler, and together they had four children.Īs Julia said to Mia Freedman on No Filter: "My sole purpose was to have babies. It is a branch of Judaism known for its religious conservatism and social seclusion.Īnd in that community, Julia said she had little autonomy or control over her life - including who she married.Īge 19, the My Unorthodox Life star was forced into an arranged marriage. It was a sexual experience she had dreamed of for years, but never fulfilled in her first marriage.īecause since she was a very young child, Julia and her family had been a part of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Monsey that practiced Haredi Judaism. Julia Haart was 42 years old when she experienced her first orgasm.
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