I call myself a cultural Jew. After 10 years of Reform Sunday School, declared my non-belief in god-mainly due to Holocaust-and got shipped to Israel on Bible Study Tour. My mother and now-diseased father called me a belly Jew. I enjoy knishes,kreplach, chopped liver and latkes. Know a few Yiddish words. Both exs were not Jewish. My mother's side is Religious. Only see them at funerals and unveilings. It is a culture-not a religion to me. I am not a Zionist and Israel should stop with new settlements on West Bank. I don't light a menorah anymore or say prayers. No temple since 16.

Having just sat around a lighted pine tree inside and passing out wrapped presents with my extended family while sipping egg nog, I feel a bit like I'm a cultural, suburban Christian.

I am from ecuador so i am ecuadorian
i am also latino. Also multiple ethnic background. I am atheist and i don't see any relation for the above. It is for you been jewish part of religion or inherited etc . So i think a definition of those might need to come first. We the atheist love music laughs sports love education human rights and if we can love animals rights. That makes us good people.

I consider myself culturally Jewish but not overly religious. I don't belong to any congregations around here (price, distance and suitability are issues) but I have a Menorah in my window and publicly identify as Jewish. It's totally appropriate and acceptable. Too bad you live so far away.... ????

I like it. I can see a culture separate from religiosity so it makes sense to me but I am not a Jew

I think it's fine. But apparently it isn't clear to some, judging by some of the comments. As far as I know, the Jewish culture, like the culture of any people, goes beyond the traditional religion, even when many tradtiitons of the culture are based on that religion.

Disclaimer I am not Jewish or an atheist.

I did once hear someone argue Jewishness passed through the female line not the male.Which if true sounds to me like the religion relies on a divine right given to women not men. So you probably cannot renounce it even if you wanted to since you are deemed to be born Jewish. It maybe can be a cultural thing if you want to be classed that way I see your reasoning...... I see no problem with it.

Most 'white' Jews originate from Russia and because of the 'frum' practice they are of very distinctive in appearance.
Judaism is a religion, not a race, which believes in the Abrahamic God, which is the same God worshipped by Muslims and Christians.

Jew is a religion. Jew: a member of the people and cultural community whose traditional religion is Judaism and who trace their origins through the ancient Hebrew people of Israel to Abraham. One can convert to Judaism or abandon Judaism. One cannot do that to race or ethnic group.