[No name given]

If Whoopi Goldberg is Jewish, than I’m a flippin’ Martian 👽.

[Chode]

damn, ho be up to 2.5-Oprah’s now

[sanjuanbob]

From Time magazine 2011

Is it cliché for a comedian to take her stage name from a practical-joke device? Not if you’re Whoopi Goldberg. Born Caryn Elaine Johnson in 1955, the actress and The View co-host was less than shy about her bodily functions: “If you get a little gassy, you’ve got to let it go. So people used to say to me, ‘You’re like a whoopee cushion.’ And that’s where the name came from.” Whoopi’s mother thought that a Jewish surname would get her further in Hollywood, so she replaced Johnson with Goldberg. And just like that, a thousand bad puns — and a very successful career — were born.

[Dr. Sivana]

While Jewish American Princesses are hardly known for being observant, a submission to a Jewish cookbook should NOT include a recipe for fried chicken that includes butter, which would not be kosher. Better to substitute a kosher parve oil like Crisco or something.

[Dr. Sivana]

At the same time, however, Goldberg said she didn't "believe in man-made religions."

Many who belong to organized religions believe their religion is God-made, not merely man-made. That's kind of the point.

[rktman]

Caryn is still KAREN. Johnson that is.

[nascarnation]

Unfortunately, reports of her birth in NYC are pretty credible so not much chance for Trump to deport her in 2025.

[Nifster]

What can one expect from a Caryn??

[frank ballenger]

Quote from article on her genealogy:
In the past, Whoopi has often stated that she is Jewish, that her mother was Jewish, or that she has some semblance of Jewish ancestry on her mother’s side, or other variations on the premise. It appears that these statements were not correct; Goldberg is a stage name that Whoopi selected. She has no verified/documented Jewish ancestry, nor does it appear that she has converted to Judaism.

https://ethnicelebs.com/whoopi-goldberg

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Research of her dna and genealogy by Henry Louis Gates led to his conclusion: She has no Jewish ancestors at all.
“Whoopi’s African DNA matches the Balanta/Bayote people of Guinea-Bissau, the Mende people of Sierra Leone, and the Kru people of Liberia.”

[Godzilla]

IIRC - Wasn’t the whoop an avowed practicing buddhist when she was on ST-NG?

[Still Thinking]

Well, there’s Black Irish, so.....

[Qui is]

Ugly, vile and disgusting woman lacking in moral, ethics or honesty. Horrible excuse for a human being.

JMHO.

[defal33]

Caren Johnson her birth name 😙

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Whoopi Goldberg only has a Jewish last name. She has no Jewish genes. She was adopted by Goldberg.

Too bad her last name isn't Irish, say Cushing for example.

[Paal Gulli]

It obviously was a "title" (as opposed to a name) that she chose for comedic effect, like Yahoo Serious. She obviously fabricated all the other reasons, which became a convenient practice once the WOKEsters started caterwauling over "cultural appropriations."

But it also shows her abject ignorance of Judaic custom because in western society, surnames are patrimonial, meaning you get them from your father, and his father, and so-on. "Hereditary" Judaism, OTOH, is matrimonial, received from the mother. Israel, I should note, will grant you Right of Return if you have Jewish matrimonial lineage, but they don't give a fig about your patrimonial lineage. Having a male ancestor who is Jewish doesn't make you (hereditarily) Jewish.

So Little Miss Alopecia also ist farcockt.

[Vendome]

I’m more Jewish than Whoop-dee-doo.

Right last name, I complain about everything, love Chinese and I have been known to go to the movies on Christmas Day.

That, and I can say all the prayers in a Seder...

[Spok]

To be fair, she just thought her remark would pass without notice, like all the rest of the ignorant, uninformed gibberish she spews on a daily basis. Who knew someone would be paying attention?