The Jews were for 2000 years as a nation without land. They were not allowed to own land in Europe, what held the Jews and Judaism together was the religion. said Rabbi Saadia Gaon (882-942 AC), in his work "Emunot V'Deot" (Beliefs and Opinions, 3:7). He asserts that "Our nationhood is established only through our Torah." The zionists in the 20th century established organizations to teach Jews how to be farmers of the land. Today when the Jews do own land, do they need religion to continue consider themselves a nation?
I photographed my ultra-Orthodox anti-Zionist brother who observes the Torah and mitzvot working in the soil at my mothers house in Jerusalem.