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NEWS ABOUT: Kabbalah

Kabbalah stories: 17 news summaries
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 A-Rod Finds Religion ... Again 

Alex Rodriguez tries Buddhism on for size, thanks to Kate Hudson

Oct 23, 09 9:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - It seems only yesterday Alex Rodriguez was dabbling in Kabbalah to please galpal Madonna. But those days are over, and the Yankees slugger has moved on to a new woman and a new religion. The “religious chameleon,” as one pal calls him, is now flirting with Buddhism... More »

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entertainment • New York Yankees • Alex Rodriguez • celebrity • Kate Hudson • Buddhism • Madonna • Kabbalah

 This Week, 
 Britney May 
 Be Jewish 

Singer flip-flops between Christianity, Kabbalah, Hinduism...

Jul 8, 09 1:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Britney Spears was raised a Baptist, but her latest accessory—a Star of David necklace—led the New York Daily News to take a look back at the religions she’s tried out:
  • In 2003, it looked as though she would be one of Madonna’s Kabbalah converts, and
... More »

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entertainment • Britney Spears • parenting • Christianity • religion • Judaism • celebrity • Madonna • Kabbalah • Baptist • Sean Preston Federline

 Madonna, Jesus 
 Set a Date! 
 (Kind of) 

Jesus' dad happy about non-binding union with 'normal' Madonna

May 14, 09 9:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Madonna and Jesus Luz are tying the knot, kabbalah-style, the New York Daily News reports. The boy toy's father spilled the details on their non-legally-binding “wedding” ceremony to Brazil’s Quem, adding, “I don’t know if there will, in fact, be a real marriage between Madonna and... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • Madonna • Kabbalah • celebrity engagements • Jesus Luz

 LiLo Takes Up Judaism for Sam 

Catholic actress wants to convert

Mar 3, 09 9:05 AM CST
(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan apparently thinks her relationship with Samantha Ronson is strong enough to warrant a change in religion, the New York Post reports. The pair recently attended Ronson’s half-brother’s bar mitzvah, and Lohan, raised Catholic, now wants to convert to Judaism. LiLo’s dad? Not convinced: “She’... More »

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Scientology • religion • Lindsay Lohan • Judaism • celebrity • Kabbalah • conversion • Samantha Ronson • Michael Lohan

Madonna's the Same Age as Boy Toy's Granny 

Parents worry pop star kidnapped son to NY

Feb 15, 09 7:08 PM CST
(Newser) - Madonna is the same age as her latest lover’s grandmother, the New York Post reports. Brazilian model Jesus Pinto da Luz met Madge at a photo shoot, before spending the Christmas holidays with the 50-year-old pop star in the Maldives. The 22-year-old's family thinks Madonna has kidnapped him to... More »

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model • gossip • Madonna • Kabbalah • Maldives

 Madonna Converts Jesus 

Singer's young paramour turns to Kabbalah

Feb 13, 09 9:03 AM CST
(Newser) - Madonna boytoy Jesus Luz, once a strict Catholic, is converting to Judaism. The Brazilian model, currently bewitched by the Kabbalah-practicing Material Girl, joined an online Kabbalah community and updated his website to reflect the change, the Mirror reports. But his “family are very traditional and quite religious so this... More »

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religion • celebrity • Madonna • Kabbalah • Jesus Luz

 Madonna Searches
 for Softer Side 

Pop queen is in therapy

Jan 15, 09 11:20 AM CST
(Newser) - The Material Girl is in therapy, reports the Daily Mirror. Madonna has started counseling sessions with—of course—a Kabbalah center rabbi, in an effort to “tweak her tikkun.” In English? The famously controlling pop star wants to be “less domineering.” Along those lines, she had... More »

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celebrity • therapy • Madonna • Kabbalah • celebrity divorces • Guy Ritchie • Lourdes Leon

 A-Rod a 
 'Kabbalah 
 School 
 Dropout' 

A-Rod 'bored' by spiritual classes

Nov 24, 08 10:08 AM CST
(Newser) - The very thing that brought Madonna and beau Alex Rodriguez together, Kabbalah, may be coming between them now, MSNBC reports. A source says the Yankee slugger is backing out of private classes with spiritual leader Eitan Yardeni, and hasn’t even finished the introduction course. Madonna dragged A-Rod into Kabbalah,... More »

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New York Yankees • Alex Rodriguez • celebrity • Madonna • Kabbalah

Madge Demands 'Kabbalah Water' for Boys During Ritchie Visit

Guy's reunited with sons amid custody fight

Nov 11, 08 10:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Guy Ritchie has been happily reunited with his sons David and Rocco but they've been accompanied by a dozen demands from Madonna, the Daily Mail reports. The singer issued a strict set of rules for the boys' visit, ordering Ritchie not to speak to them about the split, not to... More »

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Madonna • Kabbalah • child custody • celebrity divorces • Guy Ritchie • David Banda • celebrity parents

Madge Asks Ritchie to Settle in Weepy Late-Night Call

Despite ultimatum from Kabbalah chiefs, Ritchie says divorce is up to lawyers

Oct 30, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Under pressure from Kabbalah bosses, Madonna called soon-to-be-ex Guy Ritchie late Tuesday in an emotional plea to settle their divorce amicably, after which she sobbed to her staff, the Daily Mail reports. Insiders, who described the call as a “sign of desperation” on Madonna’s part, said she tried... More »

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Madonna • Kabbalah • celebrity divorces • Guy Ritchie

 Contract Told 
 Guy What 
 to Say, Do 

To get him in line, Madge would say, 'Contract, Guy, contract'

Oct 29, 08 2:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - After a 2006 marriage-counseling session, Madonna pinned up a contract instructing Guy Ritchie to “enrich his wife's emotional and spiritual well-being” and defining what words he could use during fights, sources tell the Sun. If Ritchie shouted, fell behind on Kabbalah reading, or used “sex as a stick... More »

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Madonna • Kabbalah • contract • celebrity divorces • Guy Ritchie • spouse

 Kabbalah Bosses Want 
 Quick, Quiet Divorce 

Madonna given 24 hours to come up with a plan to end nasty skirmishes with Ritchie

Oct 28, 08 12:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Madonna's split from Guy Ritchie is getting messier by the day, and Kabbalah leaders don't want the couple's dirt tarnishing the sect's image. Madge's spiritual guide has given her 24 hours to come up with a mediation plan, the Daily Mail reports. Rabbi Yehuda Berg “would like to put... More »

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divorce • Madonna • Kabbalah • celebrity divorces • Guy Ritchie

 A-Rod a Sudden 
 Fan of Kabbalah 

Yankees star attends services at LA venue favored by his rumored paramour

Oct 22, 08 10:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Is Alex Rodriguez trading strip clubs for spirituality? The newly single Yankees star denies dating Madonna—who recently split with hubby Guy Ritchie—but his actions suggest otherwise, the New York Daily News reports. This week, A-Rod was spotted at Los Angeles’ Kabbalah Centre, where Madge is a regular—and... More »

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New York Yankees • religion • Alex Rodriguez • Madonna • Kabbalah • baseball

Wife: A-Rod, Madonna Had 'Affair of the Heart'

Betrayed spouse's lawyer says infidelity wasn't physical

Jul 8, 08 9:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alex Rodriguez’s relationship with Madonna amounted to “an affair of the heart,” not physical infidelity, his estranged wife's lawyer tells People. A-Rod had dinners with his sweetie, constantly listened to her music, and dumped his agent for her Kabbalah-loving manager, the New York Post reports. More »

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New York Yankees • Alex Rodriguez • Cynthia Rodriguez • celebrity • affair • infidelity • Madonna • Kabbalah • celebrity divorces

Miffed Madonna Denies Divorce, A-Rod Affair

Material Girl scoffs at hunky Yank rumors as his wife files for divorce

Jul 7, 08 6:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Madonna has blasted reports that she’s having an affair with Yankees star A-Rod and divorcing Guy Ritchie. “My husband and I are not planning on getting a divorce,” she said in a statement to People. “I am not romantically involved in any way with Alex Rodriguez.... More »

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Alex Rodriguez • Cynthia Rodriguez • celebrity • affair • Madonna • Kabbalah • celebrity divorces • Guy Ritchie

Jilted Wife: Madonna Cast Spell on A-Rod

Spouse accuses Material Girl of luring slugger with Kabbalah

Jul 4, 08 11:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cynthia Rodriguez thinks that Madonna has broken up her marriage with the power of mysticism, friends of Yankee Alex Rodriguez's wife tell the Daily News. She apparently found a note in which the slugger calls Madonna his “true soulmate” and is convinced they're having an affair—and that dark... More »

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Alex Rodriguez • Cynthia Rodriguez • celebrity • affair • Madonna • Kabbalah • celebrity divorces • Lenny Kravitz

Madonna Toasts New Year With Israeli Prez

Calls trip 'a dream come true' despite criticism from Orthodox

Sep 16, 07 3:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Madonna enjoyed "a dream come true" yesterday by celebrating the Jewish New Year with Shimon Peres in Jerusalem, the AP reports. She landed last week with husband Guy Ritchie and a gaggle of Hollywood Kabbalists to attend a conference about Jewish mysticism. "I am an ambassador for Judaism,... More »

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Israel • Judaism • Shimon Perez • Madonna • Kabbalah

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