How do Ari's religious beliefs impact her life in the novel, After Birth?

Ari was raised Jewish, and she views life through that filter. Obviously, it has had a huge impact on her life and its effects still continue. She gets notes of displeasure from disgruntled aunts when she marries a non-Jewish man and her father doesn't like the fact that Walker isn't circumcised. Ari's life story is Jewish and her rebellion toward it symbolizes the choices she makes and doesn't make.