Today in Israel the nation (not the state), there are plenty of ways for a jew to live his life. Will he be born into a conservative community and stay there his whole life? Will he or she grow up in a stringent religious community and either stay and be a part of this way or otherwise seek a jewish life that does not have the same restrictions or other requirements.
Either way, G-d is here to help us.
Everything is given a controversy and the communities fight for their right to say that they are the "true way" of the jewish people. Liberal jews are shunned for their considerations of their own beliefs and their choices. Israel is not together at all and of course, there are plenty of people who will shun you at the drop of the hat if you are not "super clean" in your >halacha<. The fact is that there are even tzaddiks in the reform and conservative communities and even if someone violates Torah in one sense, H' asks did he know better, did he do it to violate torah or did he not have the capacity to know Torah in its entirety.
Ask yourself what you are aspiring to become today, a servant of Hashem or just a minyon of the blessings of someone else you may think is the most righteous servant or otherwise wise or intelligent person. Either way, G-d is here and you can always go closer to Hashem.
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