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Margaret, on her own, struggles with religion: Her Christian mother and Jewish father — both nonobservant — have decided to allow Margaret to choose her faith, if she chooses any at all.

From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2023

Mr. Santos has said he is Catholic, but he has also claimed Jewish heritage on the campaign trail, and he recently told a Jewish news outlet that he was a nonobservant Jew.

From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2022

But break those numbers down, and you’ll notice something strange: A dramatic difference between the devout and the nonobservant.

From Slate • Oct. 22, 2015

You can’t do that,” says Mark Bane, a partner and chairman of the Business Restructuring Department at Ropes & Gray, who co-founded Kayama, a nonprofit that encourages nonobservant divorcing Jews to obtain gets.

From Newsweek • Apr. 8, 2015

He was now a wealthy furrier and a thoroughly nonobservant Jew.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok