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Bullock's Baby's Bris
Ami Eden
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
performance in The Blind Side, reports
surfaced of her husband's philandering.
Next, a photograph emerged of him
sporting Nazi paraphernalia.
New York
"This is not the man I mar-
ried," Bullock told People. "This was
or most media outlets, the
stupid, this was ignorant. Racism,
headlines from People's recent
anti-Semitism, sexism, homophobia,
interview with Oscar-winning
anything Nazi and a boatload of other
actress Sandra Bullock were that she
things have no place in my life."
was dropping her cad of a husband and
As for her circumcision decision: "A
was in the process of adopting a baby
friend of ours helped arrange for a bris
from New Orleans.
at the house because we couldn't go [to
The big news for Jewish publica-
a hospital for the proce-
tions: She reportedly
dure]. The mohel came
helped welcome Louis
to us. You have never
Bardo Bullock into
seen adults more pan-
her life with what she
icked about what was
is describing as an
about to happen to their
at-home brit, or ritual
son, but the celebration
circumcision.
and the amount of love
Some corners of the
we felt and the pride in
blogosphere were cit-
the little man whom we
ing the report as proof
love so, so much became
that Natalie Portman
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and Scarlett Johansson
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have ever had in my life?'
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Hollywood's most
Bullock talked decorat-
beautiful Jewish starlet
ing with pop star Christina Aguilera,
award. But plenty of celeb-obsessed
who made headlines two years ago by
Web sites were saying the opposite,
insisting that what's newsworthy here is dotting her home with anatomically
inspired balloons for her son's ritual
that a non-Jewish movie star chose to
circumcision.
go with a Jewish ritual circumcision.
Bullock's decision to go with a mohel
Take this snippet from Hollywood
is more common than you think — at
Life: "It is surprising that Sandra opted
least if you believe what you read in the
to have a bris, considering neither
Forward.
she nor her soon-to-be-ex-husband
Back in 2007, the newspaper pub-
Jesse James are Jewish (not to mention
lished a story titled "Mohels Give Non-
Jesse's apparent interest in Nazis, as
Jewish Babies a Slice of Tradition."
captured in photographs)."
"Although commonly recognized
Oh, wait, the celebrity Web site
as performers of the brith milah, or
quickly added, there is a Jewish con-
Jewish circumcision, an increasing
nection of sorts: "The only Jewish per-
number of mohels are finding them-
son connected to Jesse, that we know
selves handling the rituals for non-
of, is his godfather, who Jesse says gave
Jewish babies:' the Forward reported.
him the Nazi hat he was photographed
The practice, according to one mohel
wearing?'
quoted in the story, is "very wide-
Earlier this year, soon after Bullock
spread?'
won the Best Actress Oscar for her
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