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I was born a Jew. I went to Hebrew school. I had a bar mitzvah. I was married in a synagogue by a rabbi. My wife and I were both brought up in a culture of loving Jewish style food. We love bagels and lox. Herring and kippers. Blintzes and potato latkes. However, although we maintain our Jewish identity, we never felt a spiritual connection to Judaism. Being a Jew was not an important part of our lives. We only went to synagogues to attend weddings or bar mitzvahs. We realized early on that we are secular Jews.