Thank you Mark. This is, though, sort of what I was responding to in Ixtlan's posts--I am Jewish, but I don't practice the religion. I'm an agnostic (my personal belief is that there might or might not be a God or gods, but that we do not--and probably cannot--know). So not all Jews believe in God--a great many don't--but they're still Jewish. 

Yet though I don't attend synagogue or believe in the Hebrew God, I still practice some of the rituals, like lighting candles on Chanukah or gathering for a seder on Passover. I am also a product of Jewish culture, which in America includes a spectrum of beliefs but has a common ancestry, a shared history (mostly of persecution) and some general values, such as an emphasis on academic success, tenacity in the face of adversity and a good sense of humor.