 After meeting Rina during his investigation of a rape at the yeshiva, he is compelled to explore the religion for himself and eventually to become a religiously observant Orthodox Jew.Religion is a central part of Rina's identity.Though loving Peter, she would never have married him had he not been ready to become a Jew - not only by the accident of birth, but also by a conscious decision to become a practising Orthodox Jew with all that involves.