In general converts (though you could argue he wasn't a de jure convert to Judaism, he was for all intents and purposes one) can easily be super rigorous in the

In general converts (though you could argue he wasn't a de jure convert to Judaism, he was for all intents and purposes one) can easily be super rigorous in the practice of their new faith, I've noticed. He's merely swapped one (distasteful) extreme for a much less distasteful extreme.