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Pretty much that, though I'd amend it to "Judaism is whatever people who claim to be Jewish do that they say is part of their religion." Deli food is Jewish, but not Judaism.
I admit I want some consensus exceptions for Jews for Jesus (from what I'm told, actually Baptists) and Christian Identity (white supremacists who claim to be the only Jews).
Thinking about this some more, I am interested in your thoughts about the difference between "Judaism is whatever people who claim to be Jewish do that they say is part of their religion" and "Judaism is whatever people who claim to be Jewish do that people who don't claim to be Jewish don't do."
The latter has some interesting properties, but I'm not sure if they're valuable ones from the perspective of wanting to preserve a coherent notion of Jewish identity.