Lev always good to see a fellow LHS grad doing well My comment though is that if your dad is Jewish it seems like an oversimplification to simply say that you are not If I tell you my dad is Irish and that my name is Sean O Malley doesn t it sound a little weird if I tell you I don t consider myself Irish at all Ashkenazi Jews make up a distinctive historical ethnic group separate from the Jewish religion Of course you can consider yourself anything you want Take care