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The pop singer Madonna has become an adherent of Kabbalah, a body of mystical Jewish lore going back to late antiquity.(Brief Article)

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* The pop singer Madonna has become an adherent of Kabbalah, a body of mystical Jewish lore going back to late antiquity. She has taken a new name, Esther, and become a thoroughly spiritual girl, most recently attending a five-day retreat with 2,000 other seekers-after-enlightenment at a luxury hotel in Tel Aviv. (Apparently a dedication to Kabbalist truth does not require much in the way of world-renouncing asceticism.) Told that his printer, on completion of the mighty Dictionary, had remarked, "Thank God I ...

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