Lindsay Lohan must really be in love. Or be a total follower. I’m guessing it’s probably a mix of the two. According to MusicNews.com, Lohan is going to convert to Judaism for her lady love Samantha Ronson. Not because Ronson has asked her to or because they’re necessarily getting married (at least it’s not referenced directly in the article) but apparently because Lohan has gotten close with the entire Ronson clan.
Lindsay Lohan is reportedly set to convert to Judaism for her girlfriend Samantha Ronson. The 22-year-old singer – who is said to have been raised in a Catholic household – is considering altering her religious beliefs to bring her closer to DJ Sam, who she has been dating since late last year.
A source said: “Sam’s family is Jewish. Lindsay has learned a lot about Judaism from Sam and admires its beliefs.”
However, friends of the ‘Mean Girls’ actress have doubts about her intention to fully convert to the religion and think she is just doing it for attention.
The source added to Life and Style Weekly magazine: “Two years ago it was Kabbalah. Last year it was Alcoholics Anonymous. She was into ‘peace’ for a while. Whatever is of the moment, that’s Lindsay. But the one thing it does show is her commitment to Sam. She could be any religion and Lindsay would be open to it.”
[From MusicNews.com]
Someone once told me that when you have a crush on someone it’s normally because there’s some part of their personality or their life that you respect and want for yourself. That sounds like what might be going on with Lindsay a bit. Not that it’s necessarily a bad thing. But it sounds like she’s probably envious of the closeness the Ronson clan shares, and wants to be more like them. Considering what her own family is like, that makes a lot of sense.
And not only are the three siblings close, but they’re also fairly respected in their individual fields – Mark as a musician and producer; Samantha as a DJ, and Charlotte as a designer. People can argue about their individual levels of talent, but I’d argue that they all get more respect in their fields than anyone involved in Living Lohan. It makes sense that Lindsay has attached herself to people who are more stable than her own family, and given her other options, it’s probably not the worst way of dealing with her issues.
Here’s Lindsay and Samantha at LAX on their way to New York on Friday. Images thanks to Fame.
I think you’re bang on the money, JB, re Lindsay being drawn to the closeness and relative normality of Sam’s family.
I agree, geronimo. Being with the Ronsons must seem heavenly compared to Living Lohan.
Good for her. If she is trying to become part of a non-psycho family, that’s probably very healthy.
And if it’s keeping her away from acting, good for us.
They are one of my favorite couples. They are so cute together and they obviously have a great relationship.. way to go Samlilo
If it’s true it will be partly to piss off her crazy dad.
Am I the only one who finds these two revolting? Not as lesbians (alleged or otherwise in Lohan’s case) but as people. They are both just so disgusting to look at.
OT: Of course she might follow her faith. She’s a follower– that’s what she does. It seems like part of her problem is the fact that she has no clear sense of who she is as a person, independent of the crowd she surfs with. She reminds me a teenager that copies all of their friends. Sad really
” Lohan is going to convert to Judaism for her lady love Samantha Ronson. ”
Big mistake. HUGE. This is a thing one should never do, for love of their partner, never, not ever. It’s what you do for the love of the religion, the God, not the partner whose religion & God it is. I wanted to convert to Judaism, too, and learn Hebrew and everything for my Israeli husband of 2 years, but he encouraged me against it, and yet at the same time said that if I had a baby, he wouldn’t recognise the baby as his since I am not Jewish. WTF?? He was a really cold-hearted man, I came to learn. Anyway, my point is, never convert to a religuion just because your lover/wife/husband is that religion and you want to please them/feel closer to them.
I could not agree with you more, Snowblood. You shouldn’t change your beliefs for the one you love. The one you love should love you for your beliefs, even if they are different than your own.
I have a real problem with people who convert from a Christian religion to Judaism for the reason of their mate. They are basically saying, “I used to believe that Jesus was the Son of God, but now (because my fiance believes different) I think he’s just a really good guy.” Seriously? Don’t change your beliefs because of anyone, be strong and stand up for what you really believe in.
Um, I call major BS on this story. LL has never struck me as someone who could commit to something as huge as this. Converting to Judaism is a MASSIVE commitment & a big undertaking.
But dont forget Lindsey has never had anything real to believe in…
weve seen her family, we know her background and childhood.
maybe this is the first time she can find a purpose for her life..
who knows?
I’m just shocked the Ronsons are Jewish. I had no idea. They seem so goyum. 🙂
You mean the “Royal Tenenbaums” spread didn’t give it away for you, Kaiser?? Can’t really GET more jewish than that. 😉
religious beliefs are really personal and i don’t understand why anyone would convert out of anything other than personal conviction.
that said, sam is probably the most secular jew ever and probably doesn’t practice. while converting for a non-jew would mean that lindsay would have to start practicing by orthodox standards.
Snowblood, if he wouldnt acknowledge his own child because the mother was not jewish, he had no business being with you anyway. I hope you’re rid of him, free and clear. No one deserves a man like that. If he was that strict on Jewish laws, sounds to me like he just couldnt find a devout jewish woman who would have him.
My future brother in law is jewish and my sister is considering converting. They have a baby out of wedlock and she is still catholic. But my sister could not have found a nicer, more devoted husband or daddy. That little girl and my sister is his everything.
Yes, thanks Aud, I rid myself of him a few years ago. I sought an annulment based upon fraud, and was granted it, even though we’d been married a couple years, ’cause he turned into a completely different man to me after we got married, he was cruel, abusive, cold-hearted and controlling, and I was smitten-in-love with him, until he finally gave me a last-straw day and I had to run away from him, la la la, long story but in the end, I got my annulment. He was so handsome! And so, so mean.
I should’ve known it was doomed from day one, ’cause he frowned at me wearing my gold cross on our wedding day, said it was disrespectful to him. (I’m a baptised Catholic, but I don’t practice any religion, I’m agnostic, but that was my lucky cross!) I brushed it off at the time, but wow, was that ever a sign of times to come…
Mazel tov
“It is a great joy to welcome into our midst, one who willingly and devotedly helps replenish the ranks of my people.”
Rabbi Celso Cukierkorn
http://www.convertingtojudaism.com/
Convert from what?
She’s so fickle… but it’s okay, she’s young. She jumps from one thing to another without understanding the implications of changing for the sake of another. She needs to just live for herself. I know she can’t stand being alone (she admitted this at one point), but please, converting to Judaism is pointless if it’s just because Sam is Jewish.
How in the world did a Rabbi suddenly materialise here? No offense meant to the Rabbi, I just find it sort of giggle-worthy that a Rabbi reads the celebrity gossip blogs! 😆 Too funny!
I’m with ER…. Convert from what??? I was never aware that THE CAT IN THE HAT was anything???? So now Lindsay is converting??? BUT, she just said on JUST JARED, that are ” only friends “. that ” samantha understands her, thats all there is to it.” She thinks that the lesbian ” thing ” is ” funny “. I guess all that is something NOW. THAT is alot of work for just a simple UNDERSTANDING FRIENDSHIP.
Nooooo!!
We don’t want her don’t people hate us enough without her?
OY!
Snowblood, he had a fit that you wore your cross? Shoulda told him then remove the yarmulke, (spelled right i think?) that it was disrespectful to you. I know the type well, got the snot beat out of me daily by one for over a year. they really dont like it when you fairly turn the tables on them!
Its good you got the annulment. Idk if you’re remarried now, but if not, you can choose to remarry in a church.
I actually think that it is way better for her to focus on judaism than alcohol and drugs.
Whatever is going on there, it sounds like this girl is a very good influence.
Yeah, and we all know how well Judaism embraces homosexuality. Just look at the old testament.
You can’t convert if you have nothing to convert FROM.
If Lindsay Lohan has ever followed a religion of any kind with any sort of seriousness at all…I will eat my shoe.
Half the crap this girl has gotten into trouble with is a direct result of having no center at all of any kind…familial, spiritual, or religious.
If she is finding religion for the first time…meeting God on her own terms for the first time…that’s outstanding, and I wish her well.
Until it’s been established that she intends to actually FOLLOW Judaism, however, I think it’s premature to applaud or denounce her choice.
Until there are material signs of maturity in her public life that reach beyond a single summer of not being arrested or photographed in yet another all-out brawl over a club invitation or ex-partner, I will continue to think of her exactly as I have always done: as an unformed, immature, pitiable young woman who has not yet learned how to acknowlege her own insignificance in this world. That kind of egocentric pride and obstinate ignorance of life does not lend itself to the respectful observance of any kind of religion.
To refer to these two young women as an “adorable” couple is nauseous to me. They are obviously not healthy ladies, and I wish that people wouldn’t rally behind them simply because they appear to be a gay couple. I will applaud the union when they begin demonstrating that they understand what it means to be committed to someone and something outside of themselves. So many people who are without even the smallest fraction of the privilege and opportunity these two have enjoyed (and continue to enjoy) have managed to make pillars and examples out of themselves. These two, however, daily marinate in the flashbulbs and shock-me mentality for nothing more noble than a childish desire to be reassured that they are still better than regular people. I don’t find any of it cute. Both are of an age when it is way past time they start to grow up.
I hope Lohan is serious this time. If she is, I will be in front of the line of those who praise her.
You don’t have to convert to orthodoxy. You can be converted by a reform rabbi.
But I agree that you should only convert out of a belief in the religion, not for the family it would provide to you, or to please your significant other, or for any reason other than a love for the religion and a feeling that it is the right one for you.
“Big mistake. HUGE. This is a thing one should never do, for love of their partner, never, not ever. It’s what you do for the love of the religion, the God, not the partner whose religion & God it is.”
Well, first I must say I do agree with you. I would not change my religion simply to be the same as my partner. However, I have seen it work.
My husband’s mother was raised Catholic, and his father was raised Southern Baptist (don’t know which is worse!)…her family would not allow her to marry a non-Catholic, so he converted and are both serious Catholics that went to mass every Sunday until he became to ill to leave the house.
They have been married over 60 years now, and very happily so. I agree that my in-laws’ case is rare, but in some circumstances it can work.
I converted from Judaism to Catholicism not because I had any disrespect for Judaism or unhappiness with that religion, but just for my own purely personal reasons. It was not for my husband (who is not a believer), and it took ten years for me to struggle with that decision.
I think it’s wonderful if Lindsay is starting to seek religion or ask questions, but I agree it is not a decision that should be made quickly or for the wrong reasons.
vdantev; I was raised as a Reform Jew, and I know our Rabbi was very liberal. I don’t know if he can perform weddings for same-sex couples, but I know that he has no problem with gay couples in the Synagoge, or couples who live together. Perhaps Orthodox and/or Conservative Judaism has much stricter views (admittedly, I don’t know a great deal about them), but you have to remember when you use the term ‘Judaism’ it’s not one, encomassing sect–the same as when you say ‘Christian’ there are many different kinds of Christians and not all of them are in agreement on every moral/ethical issue.
who gives a crap stop entertaining her ego and writing about every step she takes. let her be already, she’s really not all that interesting.