Welcome home to the Jewish people,
Gwyneth Paltrow!

As has been widely reported, Paltrow is the daughter of a Jewish father and a non-Jewish mother, which means that she is the classic example of what rabbinical literature refers to as “Zera Yisrael”

Gwyneth Paltrow . (photo credit:REUTERS)

Judaism is making headlines around the world in recent days, amid reports that Academy Award-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow has decided to embrace the Law of Moses. Everyone from The New York Post to the UK Daily Mail to something called Beauty World News has made a fuss over the possibility that the celebrity named “Most Beautiful Woman” last year by People magazine will go from television scripts to Torah study.

Don’t be surprised if we start to see gossip columnists, celebrity news outlets and paparazzi staking out afternoon Mincha prayer services and Daf Yomi Talmud study groups in an effort to catch a glimpse of the beautiful blonde as she connects with her Creator.

Of course, there will surely be those who will cast a cynical glance at this episode, dismissing it as just another odd Hollywood tale. Indeed, barely had the news gone public when mean-spirited tweets making the rounds were already declaring, “Gwyneth Paltrow to convert to Judaism – haven’t the Jews suffered enough?” Nastiness aside, whatever what one may think of Tinseltown or the people who inhabit it, Paltrow’s ostensible decision to become a member of the tribe is a heartening development, one that underlines the great potential that exists to bring descendants of Jews back to the Jewish people. For, at a time of mounting assimilation and intermarriage throughout the Diaspora, reaching out to those with Jewish ancestry will help to strengthen us quantitatively and qualitatively, numerically and spiritually.

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