She appears more observant and thoughtful than most of the other characters. Putnam was raised as a religiously observant Methodist. This group is noted as being some of the more religiously observant of the hijackers. Frum considers himself "a not especially observant Jew". He is one of ten children and a very observant and righteous individual. They are therefore not eaten by observant Jews. Religious Zionism is an ideology that combines Zionism and observant Judaism. I think I have become more of a practicing Jew or observant later in life. Both were Russian immigrants and observant Jews. The authors did not find that more observant Catholics feel guiltier than less observant Catholics. Lieberman describes himself as an "observant" Jew. People who become more observant are known as "baalei teshuva". He is from an observant Syrian-Jewish family. Khashoggi was described as an observant Muslim. Troccoli was raised in a Catholic family that was not very observant.