Dov Marcus smiles after wrapping the leather straps of tefillin to pray with his uncle, Chaim Orlan, in Teaneck, N.J., on Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

Dov Marcus, left, sings with his mother, Debbie Marcus, after wrapping the leather straps of tefillin and praying with his uncle, Chaim Orlan, right, in Teaneck, N.J., on Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

Dov Marcus points to prayers as he reads from the Jewish prayer book in Teaneck, N.J., on Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

Kathleen Krueger and her daughter, Megan, 28, sit together at their home in Racine, Wis., Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)

Jewish blessings for the home hang from a wall at the entrance of the Marcus family home at in Teaneck, N.J., on Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

Kathleen Krueger plays with her daughter, Megan, 28, at their home in Racine, Wis., Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)

Dov Marcus smiles flanked by his parents, Robert Marcus and Debbie Marcus, in Teaneck, N.J., on Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

Debbie Marcus shows a framed photo of her son, Dov Marcus, taken at his Bar Mitzvah on display at their family home in Teaneck, N.J., on Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

Dov Marcus, right, kisses his father, Robert Marcus, in Teaneck, N.J., on Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

Dov Marcus talks to his mother, Debbie Marcus, at their dining table near the branched candelabra called a menorah, in Teaneck, N.J., on Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

Dov Marcus, left, kisses the knotted fringes -- known as tzitzit – of his prayer shawl after wrapping the leather straps of tefillin and praying with his uncle, Chaim Orlan, in Teaneck, N.J., on Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)