Here’s the deal when it comes to being Jewish; just because someone has Jewish ancestors, does NOT mean that person is Jewish. According to Jewish law, to be considered Jewish:
1) you need to be born to a Jewish mother
2) according to some branches of Judaism, your father being Jewish, will also render you Jewish
3) or, if neither parent is Jewish, you can convert to Judaism.

Whoopi does not fall into either three category. Have you seen Sister Act? LOL.

This further proves the stated point; a name, be it Jewish or Muslim, does not make someone Jewish or Muslim!

The NY Post (another Murdoch beauty) endorsed Obama way back when for the nomination because he was afraid Clinton would be harder to defeat. How do I know this? Because the Post editorial said nothing about Obama. It only discussed the horrors of the upcoming Clintonian empire. Nothing about Barack. not even a mention of his charisma or the hope he represented. Now Cindy McCain is called “a classy lady”, et al.

Are you “shocked, shocked” that Murdoch would stoop to such tactics? Get real.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoopi_Goldberg

She chose the surname “Goldberg” after Jewish ancestors of hers who bore the surname, having said that “Goldberg’s a part of my family somewhere.”[3][6] In 1991, she referred to herself as a “Jewish-Catholic girl from New York”;[7] she has also stated that her mother is Jewish and referred to herself as a “Jewish-American Princess”