Feb 27, 2024
The 43% of non religious you speak of come from either Catholic or Protestant backgrounds, much in the same way that 45% of Israeli Jews are either secular or non-practicing but would still think of themselves as Jewish.
My source is https://www.timesofisrael.com/religion-has-outsized-role-in-israel-yet-most-of-its-jews-arent-really-observant/