Imagine the karate kid, now make Mr. Miyagi an observant, orthodox Jew. No; forget that analogy because it has nothing to do with the story. OK, lets start again. The book is like Star Trek where the crew dresses in black pants and a white shirt and they are a lot more religious than you. Are you Kirk? Not so much. Spock? I don’t think so. You might be someone they accidentally beamed aboard. Yes that sounds right. You are a stranger in a strange land