What Judaism and Christianity sayeth on Gwyneth

[Foxaèr]

I am posting this because I think someone here is obsessed with his Gwynie.

Paltrow and Martin are separating after 11 years of marriage.

But this one came out of left field: the Rabbinical angle, courtesy of the Israeli paper, Haaretz and Rabbi Eliyahu Fink, headlined, “What Judaism has to say about Gwyneth Paltrow’s ‘conscious uncoupling.’”

What does Judaism say?

For better and sometimes for worse, Jewish marriage is forever; is that too much to ask these days?

Jewish marriage is the foil to conscious uncoupling. A Jewish marriage is a lifetime commitment. When presented with challenges, we embrace those challenges and work toward an even better marriage. Every moment of marriage intertwines the couple in a more intricate web that binds them together.

Not to be outdone, Christianity Today listed five things “g.p.” got wrong with her statement in its Her-Meneutics section. But the writer was relucantly drawn into the fray:

The Interwebs don’t need more snark about Gwyneth Paltrow, so I almost hesitate to weigh in on her “Conscious Uncoupling” announcement.

Almost.

Also, for a little added flavor, other unflattering comments:

Most common was the feminist take, as per Slate:

“Ever since Gwyneth Paltrow became famous in her early 20s, she has made women feel bad about themselves…”

And there were the inevitable cynics, illustrated by Salon:

“She turned her divorce into an opportunity to promote her newsletter.

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