...full transcript available at Jewish Journal [1]
...original article by Dr. Dawkins at TransMissions [2]
Dawkins challenges the notion that [Paltrow’s decision to raise her kids as Jews] is just another headline in celebrity gossip... “Coverage of Paltrow’s announcement generally shares one important quality: confusion over what Jewish identity is and means. Is it a matter of ancestry or a religion? Is it an ethnicity or nationality? Is it a culture or a parenting-decision? Is it a physical phenomenon like circumcision? Or is it an aura that can be manufactured and sold in popular culture?... While a glamorous Hollywood star’s religiosity may seem like soft news, these questions get at the heart of some of the most important issues of our time.”
Links:
[1] http://www.jewishjournal.com/hollywoodjew/item/why_does_it_matter_if_gwyneth_paltrow_is_raising_her_kids_as_jews_20110725/
[2] http://www.uscmediareligion.org/theScoop/429/Raising-Moses-Apple-and-little-Awareness