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...beginning, there was Madonna. At least that's how most see the modern history of Kabbalah--the New Agey revival of traditional Jewish mysticism recently linked in the tabloids to a love triangle involving the Material Girl and married New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez. Yet despite its high-profile Hollywood associations, the Kabbalah tradition--which involves the attempt to more directly understand God through contemplation and arcane textual study--stretches back centuries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brief History Of: Kabbalah | 7/10/2008 | See Source »

Most celebrity practitioners, including Madonna and actress Demi Moore, are members of the Los Angeles--based Kabbalah Centre, which distances itself from the tradition's Jewish roots in favor of a more nonspecific spirituality. Followers take expensive courses and wear red strings on their wrists to ward off the Evil Eye (a practice not directly linked to traditional Kabbalah study). While some Jewish leaders have criticized the group for turning an ancient tradition into a sham pop spirituality (see its cynical sales of supposedly curative "Kabbalah water"), the center's emphasis on a more personal connection with the Almighty might...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brief History Of: Kabbalah | 7/10/2008 | See Source »

...MADONNA and A-ROD! Totally explains why he was out for weeks with a "groin pull...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pop Chart | 7/10/2008 | See Source »

...finest science fiction films of the 20th century, such as Ridley Scott's Blade Runner and Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey; the unique aesthetics of the film left its mark on numerous fields of popular culture, from comic books such as Superman to music videos by Madonna...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lost Footage of Metropolis Emerges | 7/7/2008 | See Source »

...MADONNA and A-Rod deny affair. She apparently mistook him for a basketball player...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pop Chart | 7/3/2008 | See Source »

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