Gwyneth Paltrow decides to raise kids Apple and Moses as Jewish-despite not believing in religion

New York Daily News ^ | 7-20-11 | Adam Rathe

[dynachrome]

Gwyneth Paltrow has seen the light -- at least as far as her kids Apple, 7, and Moses, 5, are concerned.

The "Country Strong" star, 38, recently dished to a crowd at a London charity event that she and her husband, Coldplay rocker Chris Martin, are planning on raising their children Jewish, according to the Daily Mail.

[dangus]

Why? Loads of Jews disbelieve in God, yet still go through the ritual. Kinda like the UUA. Or Notre Dame. (OK, that last one was being bad.)

[ansel12]

I guess were all shocked that she didn’t choose to raise them as republican Southern Baptists.

[dangus]

Paltrow is short from “Paltrowycz.” Jewish.

[rbg81]

Funny, she doesn’t look Jewish. ;-)

[Rome2000]

Yeah,she could have married a couple of muslim communists from Kenya and unleashed their unholy offspring on the White House.

[SIDENET]

On the bright side, they'll get a Bat or Bar Mitzvah.

(Didn't check the gender of "Apple")

[dangus]

>> mmphh ... raising non Jewish kids Jewish in Londonstan .... brilliant. This is a switch on Munchausen [by proxy] <<

Ouch! That’s funny. Black humor, but fun knee.

[SIDENET]

Oh yeah, like THAT would ever happen.

(runs away)

[Oratam]

I worked with a young woman who told me she was both Hindu and Catholic. That prompted a female co-worker to comment "Just like Obama blah blah blah."

I was grateful she provided me with a door out of the conversation.

[Jack Hydrazine]

I bet she’ll take them to a Kabalah center so they can study just the mystical aspects of Judaism where they can meditate and feel the vibe. Kabalah is only popular because it doesn’t compel you to be a better individual versus Torah Judaism which does.

[crosshairs]

I think she’s treating it as a novelty.

[cardinal4]

Didn’t Coldplay just come out and say they were boycotting Israel?

[dynachrome]

Dunno. I don’t know much about them.

[Chode]

feh... as long as she stays over there

[Revolting cat!]

Apple, 7, and Moses, 5

They used to be called Apple and PC. She must have changed PC's name.

[Vendome]

Trying to put her kids on a guilt trip?

 

Kinda like a civilian claiming to be wounded warrior.

 

It ain't right, they ain't right in the head and she's intellectually constipated.

 

[Vendome]

Started to ridicule her to a friend who informed me her father was Jewish and it makes sense.

So I looked it up and it does make sense.

Weird.

[cookcounty]

Now that is incoherent and more than a bit dishonest.

I think I’ll raise my kid as a Democrat, but teach him that FDR, Truman, JFK, Johnson, Clinton, Obama and all the Dems in the Senate combined have never had an intelligible thought