Is Justin Bieber Jewish? Is Natalie Portman's fiance, Benjamin Millepied, Jewish? Based on my Web research, neither one is Jewish. However, there are many people wondering these questions and doing what curious people do in the Digital Age -- turning to Google.
There are two components to blogging I enjoy most. First, I love writing. Second, I love looking at the analytics to see through which portals visitors have arrived at my blog. Looking at the referral statistics, there is an overwhelming number of Web surfers who are referred to my blog after inquiring about a celebrity's faith -- specifically, whether they are Jewish.
While Jewish people may only account for less than 2 percent of the U.S. population, we have provided society with a vastly disproportionate number of celebrities -- from actors and musicians to authors, producers and directors. No, Jews don't own Hollywood in the anti-semitic canard conspiracy theory way, but there are certainly a lot of "Members of the Tribe" in Hollywood.
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