Is Rupert Murdoch's mother Jewish?

Question

I've read on several websites that his mother was jewish but I don't know that those websites are accurate. Not that it matters I'm just curious why no mention seems to be made of it in most of the official sources.

Answer 1

Keith Rupert Murdoch was born on March 11, 1931, in Melbourne, Australia. His father, Sir Keith Murdoch, was a newspaper executive and advisor to Australian Prime Minister Billy Hughes, while his mother, Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, is of upper-class Anglo-Irish Protestant stock

Answer 2

That's what I heard too. Probably his only good trait.