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I think it's a cultural thing. In the US, it's taboo to talk about religion, salary, marital status etc. But elsewhere in the world people are remarkably candid and forward with their "personal" questions. It is not uncommon to be asked "how old are you?", How much do you make?", What religion are you?" etc. It's interesting how many of you are either offended or suspicious of these types of questions. It's just a way to get to know someone.
For me, if asked, I always reply "Christian" and that's pretty much it. Or "New Jew" for the more religious inclined.
Culturally Jewish is very broad as the culture runs the gamut from all over the place. Russian Jews, Ethiopian Jews, Iraqi Jews, Persian Jews, New York Jews are very different from each other culturally.
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