Modern Jews have no connections to ancient Hebrews or Israelis as they're all a bunch of eastern Europeans [Slavic] for the most part in the majority, yes. Their religion however has always existed with some changes here and there during the historical diaspora, in a much better world Judaism, Christianity, or Islam wouldn't exist at all in my mind.
[Sidenote: Sephardic Jews are entirely Iberian and the Mizrahi are either entirely Arab, Turkish, or of an ethnicity of the surrounding Middle East having once again no connections whatsoever with ancient Hebrews. Modern Jews are a bunch of larpers for the most part.]