Idol Chatter

Idol Chatter

Sandra Bullock Had Bris for New Son

posted by dross

As you may have already heard, Sandra Bullock is in the process of adopting a baby from New Orleans, something the “Blindside” actress has managed to keep a secret even under an intense media spotlight over her crumbling relationship with cheating husband Jesse James.
In an interview with People magazine, Bullock spoke about baby Louis (named after singer Louis Armstrong) and her plans for divorce. She also mentioned that she and James–she initially planned on adopting the baby with James, not as a single parent–had a Jewish circumcision ceremony featuring a mohel for Louis.
“A friend of ours helped arrange for a bris at the house, because we couldn’t go [to a hospital]. The mohel [a person trained to perform a bris] came to us. You have never seen adults more panicked about what was about to happen to their son.”
Interesting for a number of reasons, but namely because as far as I can tell Bullock is not Jewish (there are some reports that say her mom may have been, but even if Bullock does consider herself Jewish, up until now she has been non-practicing) and if those leaked photos of James giving a Nazi salute and reports that his dad says he’s long been obsessed with Hitler were any indication, he probably isn’t Jewish either (unless he’s self-hating).
Anyway, Mazel Tov Sandra!



You Might Also Like...
Previous Posts

NEW EPISODE OF ‘SUPER SOUL SUNDAY’ THE BIGGER PICTURE WITH OPRAH, REV. ED BACON, ELIZABETH LESSER & MARK NEPO
NEW EPISODE of  ‘SUPER SOUL SUNDAY’ The Bigger Picture with Oprah, Rev. Ed Bacon, Elizabeth Lesser & Mark Nepo Airs SUNDAY, MAY 26 at 11Am EST/PST on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network Pictured here: Rev. Ed Bacon, Elizabeth Lesser, Mark Nepo and Oprah Winfrey at Harpo Studios in Chicago, IL

posted 9:27:04pm May. 22, 2013 | read full post »

Has your favorite show been "smashed"?
I hope you weren’t too fond of “Smash” or “Go On”. It seems as though ‘Smash’ never quite found the adoring fan-dom of ‘Glee’ (you know, that other TV show based on signing and danc

posted 3:08:31pm May. 13, 2013 | read full post »

NEW EPISODE OF ‘Oprah’s LIFECLASS’ featuring Iyanla Vanzant
NEW EPISODE OF ‘Oprah’s LIFECLASS’ featuring Iyanla Vanzant – Single Moms RAISING SONS airs Sunday, May 12 at 9pm ET/PST Photo Credit ©Harpo Studios Oprah Winfrey and Iyanla Vanzant speak with single mothers raising fatherless sons and help them to overcome the challenges of being an

posted 5:17:58pm May. 06, 2013 | read full post »

MOTHER’S DAY PROGRAMMING ON OWN: OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK
Season premiere of ‘Super Soul Sunday’ featuring         Oprah & Dr. Maya Angelou airs Sunday, May 12 at 11am EST/PST Photo Credit ©Harpo Studios In the first of a special two-part event, Oprah Winfrey sits down with her beloved mentor and internationally acclaimed author, Dr.

posted 3:54:46pm May. 03, 2013 | read full post »

NEW EPISODE OF ‘OPRAH’S LIFECLASS’
Oprah & Iyanla Vanzant / Fatherless Sons - Part 1 & Part 2             airs SUNDAY, MaY 5 at 9pm EST/PST            on OWN:Oprah Winfrey Network Photo Credit ©Harpo Studios Iyanla Vanzant joins Oprah Winfrey for a two-hour special event to address the growing epi

posted 3:35:44pm May. 03, 2013 | read full post »

Advertisement
Comments read comments(7)
post a comment
AM

posted April 29, 2010 at 11:18 am


What about the obvious? This lovely child is black and with the controversy that her soon to be ex-Jess is white with his Nazi pics * ex-bombshell Nazi girl on the side * his Hitler pose pics. This should be a major concern! The Nazi beliefs are derogatory towards ethnicity. Sandra was obviously aware of Jess Nazi beliefs and tattoos and paraphernalia he had around his shop, we can assume she supported or had the same beliefs? To put it bluntly how will she protect her innocent child from Jess the Nazi believer?! Im concerned for the well fair of this child to grow up to be a proud african american. The adoption agency and african community should seriously investigate and reconsider the childs welfare, how can they let this child be adopted with all that conflict going on? For Money? Is this child truly and adoption from the purest sense of love or a media spin? In reality we dont want a innocent child even remotely being in close contact with a Nazi believer especially a child of a african american heritage and proud culture. Whats everyone feed back on this?



report abuse
 

pagansister

posted April 29, 2010 at 4:54 pm


AM, give the woman some credit for brains! This child will be fine, and lucky to have Sandra as a mother. She is not going to be married to Jesse much longer. Louis will be fine. I expect he won’t be doing any raising of this child.
IMO, why would a mohel agree to do a bris IF she were’t Jewish?



report abuse
 

Restoring Tally

posted April 29, 2010 at 10:42 pm


“why would a mohel agree to do a bris IF she were’t Jewish?” Easy answer to that: money!
It is a shame that she had her perfect baby circumcised for no reason whatsoever. It is almost like she opted for a Jewish ceremony to offset James’ antisemitic actions. Regardless, it is a shame that the boy had his sex organ cut.



report abuse
 

Henrietta22

posted April 30, 2010 at 1:31 pm


Circumcision goes in and out of medical popularity over the years. It has many plus’s, and not so many minus’s.
Much love and happiness to Sandra and Louis!



report abuse
 

jana

posted April 30, 2010 at 4:25 pm


Maybe the mohel agreed because she wanted the baby circumcised and wanted to protect his privacy. Therefore, rather than try to “smuggle” him into a hospital for the procedure, a mohel can come to the home and perform it.
She obviously was very careful about keeping Louis under wraps until she was ready to deal with the media, and I’m sure the circumcision was just another detail to many that she dealt with.



report abuse
 

Aredee

posted May 2, 2010 at 1:59 pm


Even if Bullock was “half-Jewish”, observant Jews would consider her Jewish if her mom was the Jewish parent. She would not be the first non-observant Jew to give a baby boy a bris and want to raise her kid Jewish, for reasons of identity, if nothing else.



report abuse
 

Pharmd804

posted October 5, 2010 at 8:53 pm


Hello! kdaaekb interesting kdaaekb site!



report abuse
 

Post a Comment

By submitting these comments, I agree to the beliefnet.com terms of service, rules of conduct and privacy policy (the "agreements"). I understand and agree that any content I post is licensed to beliefnet.com and may be used by beliefnet.com in accordance with the agreements.





Report as Inappropriate

You are reporting this content because it violates the Terms of Service.

All reported content is logged for investigation.