ited the rabbis earth-shattering, life-changing, spiritually-significant answer. Itzie could be called a rebel just like Ozzie, but he has a sort of mindless, unquestioning manner which makes him religiously complacent. He seeks no answers, he simply knows that he is a Jew. Yakov Blotnik, another prime example of a Jewish conformist, shows no heart for the Almighty God he professes to live for by being Jewish but he instead shows a complacency of being a Jew. Yakov has been mumbling so steadily for so many years, Ozzie suspected he had memorized the prayers and forgotten about God (1104). People often like conforming. Conforming means not standing out, not thinking, and involves little work. In a religious setting, conforming gives a person a place to be important and accepted. Being truly religious requires some work; however, mindless conforming and religious complacency seems much easier. Rebelling, on the other hand, seems like something people like to do just as much. In the case of religion, a line rests between rebellion and spiritual questioning. In Ozzies circumstance, his questions went beyond spiritual questioning, crossing into the realm of rebellion. In any case, conforming and rebellion both have consequential effects. Conforming can lead to a life of unanswered questions and being the person that you are not. Rebellion can lead to alienating yourself from something good that might only need a few simple explanations....
