Although born to and raised by parents who were Ashkenazi, Feynman was not only an atheist, but declined to be labelled <answer>Jewish</answer>. He routinely refused to be included in lists or books that classified people by race. He asked to not be included in Tina Levitan's The Laureates: <answer>Jewish</answer> Winners of the Nobel Prize, writing, "To select, for approbation the peculiar elements that come from some supposedly <answer>Jewish</answer> heredity is to open the door to all kinds of nonsense on racial theory," and adding "... at thirteen I was not only converted to other religious views, but I also stopped believing that the <answer>Jewish</answer> people are in any way 'the chosen people'."
Which religious sect did Feynman refuse to be part of?
Jewish