Renouncing Judaism

[Hi600]

I’m pretty sure that Judaism is specifically meant to refer to the religion. Anything ending in ism is supposed to mean a belief. (Or lack of belief, in the case of atheism.)

Jewishness is a culture. There’s a difference between Jewishness and Judaism.


I don’t think that very many atheist Jews would say they follow Judaism. They’d consider themselves cultural/ethic Jews, but not followers of Judaism.