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[quote=Anonymous]I find it really interesting that Whoopi in the past said she took her stage name - Goldberg - from a "Jewish ancestor," yet she has no understanding of Jewish history.

[quote]Goldberg, an Oscar-winner whose real name is Caryn Johnson, was quoted by the Reuters news service as saying, ``The true story is that my family is Jewish, Buddhist, Baptist and Catholic -- none of which I subscribe to, by the way, as I don't believe in man-made religions. . . So I took the last name from a Jewish ancestor. And I happen to be gaseous, which explains the first name, short for whoopee cushion.''[/quote]

https://www.playbill.com/article/whoopi-tells-how-she-got-her-name-com-329074

And she also "feels Jewish."

[quote]Speaking this week at a charity event in London, the Oscar-winning actress said: "I just know I am Jewish. I practise nothing. I don't go to temple, but I do remember the holidays. Religion is a lot of work, it's exhausting. So I keep it simple, I have a pretty good relationship with God. We talk.'"

She added: "When people heard the name 'Whoopi Goldberg', and then I turned up, I was not what they were expecting.

[b]"People would ask me in a roundabout way, 'So are you?' And I would say 'What?' And they'd say 'What does your name mean?' And I would say 'Do you mean Whoopi?' And they'd say 'No, the other name.' And then they would say 'Come on, are you Jewish?' And I always say 'Would you ask me that if I was white? I bet not.'" The name is wonderful for starting conversations."[/b][/quote]

https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/whoopi-goldberg-i-m-jewish-and-i-talk-to-god-1.23000[/quote]

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