They moved to a neighborhood where they try to minimize their contact with the secular world. Tamir was a guitar player in one of Israel's most popular rock bands. His favorite stage attire was underwear. Today their former friends wouldn't even recognize them. Dafna in her new life as an ultra-Orthodox Jew.
Men don long black coats and hats and women cover their heads for modesty.
They rarely interact with secular Israelis. That's why when young people like Dafna, Tamir, Yigal and Noa decide to turn to religion, it's not a smooth transition but a dramatic one. It usually entails leaving behind friends and family, and adopting a new way of life that discourages any contact with secular society. But despite the hardships of conversion, more and more Israelis are turning to religion, many of them people in their 20s who grew up in secular homes and in the mainsteam secular society. While some simply add a yarmulke, others become full Hasidim and detach themselves from their past.