Well, Almost Jewish

Gwyneth Paltrow, who used a naughty word to describe her Jewish grandmother, has revealed she wants to raise her children in the Jewish faith...

The American actress, whose late father was Jewish film producer Bruce Paltrow, was moved to discover earlier this year on the show that her family came from a long line of influential East European rabbis.  And this has inspired her to raise daughter Apple, seven, and five-year-old son Moses in a Jewish environment, she told guests of a London event hosted by Jewish charity the Community Security Trust.

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Last night a genealogy expert explained the religion passes through the matriarchal line. This means 38-year-old Miss Paltrow – who also studies Kabbalah – would not in fact be considered a true Jew in religious law as her mother, actress Blythe Danner, is Christian.  In addition, the children’s father, her husband Coldplay singer Chris Martin, also has a Christian background.

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