No wonder Madonna loves Kabbalah so much...it sounds like she's the one who's being worshipped: QuoteGive me back my old Madonna Raquel Hecker used to worship at the same Kabbalah centre as the singer. Now she's become disillusioned - both with mystic Judaism and with her favourite star Sunday October 31, 2004 The Observer A petite blonde steps into an unassuming fi
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Hello. I am a Manhattan homeschooling highschooler who is applying to a film program at NYU. As my exhibition piece I am interested in exploring the underside of the new Kabbalah Centre movement. I would like to interview present/former Kabbalah Centre students about their experiences with Kabbalah material and Centre personnel: Was this a good experience for you? Did this help you achieve life g
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Hello. I am a Manhattan homeschooling highschooler who is applying to a film program at NYU. As my exhibition piece I am interested in exploring the underside of the new Kabbalah Centre movement. I would like to interview present/former Kabbalah Centre students about their experiences with Kabbalah material and Centre personnel: Was this a good experience for you? Did this help you achieve l
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I am a writer interested in chatting with those who were involved with the Kabbalah centres or have loved ones who are or were involved. Please email me if you have a story you'd like to share.
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I know someone who joined a cult and has changed his behvior completely. It is called the Kabbalah centre of New York. Owned by the Bergs who are extremely greedy and manipulative people. If you need someone to talk to for support, please feel free to correspond with me.
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String update from James Randi...Skeptical Activism can work!(see below from Randi's latest newsletter) --------------------------- CANCELLED STRING Reader Matt Fields sends us this response received from an executive at Target Stores concerning last week's lead item here on the JREF page: Your concerns about the Kabbalah string that was sold on www.target.com have been fo
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James Randi on Kabbalah strings for sale STRING BELIEVERS TARGETED BY TARGET Reader Jeff Trapp sends me an excerpt from an item in the New York Post: In case anyone needed further proof that Kabbala, the branch of Jewish mysticism embraced by celebs like Madonna, is a money-making venture, look no further than Target. The store is now selling red Kabbala strings — like the ones Mado
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My friend met someone on the internet over a year ago. This person is very involved with the Kabbalah Centre. My friend has been desperate to meet this person and idolises them to a point. But the person has made going to a third meal at the Kabbalah Centre a condition of them meeting. My friend is already being very secretive about this and hasn't actually told me himself despite us being c
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if anyone tries to advertise Kabbalah Centre on Craigslist, do a counter post and tell folks to come here and read up on them. Keep your post sober and factual--'Before you get involved with Kabbalah Centre please read this first'. You might mention KC is the outfit Madonna is involved with--enough by itself to put a lot of people on notice. A lot of people who disagree with posts
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Carolz: The study of the Kaballah per se is not the problem. The complaints are about the specific behavior within the so-called "Kaballah Centre" run by Philip Berg, that Madonna attends and is constantly promoting. See Also see
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I am sure, by now, everyone is bored with the tedious conversations on the KLC. However, are there any people who once belonged to the Centre available to share their experience, good or bad; I am trying to educate myself?
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Unfortunatly I am unaware of such a centre I presume you mean the Kabbalah Centre, where Maddona studies - Hence the assumption that Maddona studies Kabbalah.
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Madonna is actually not involved in the study of the historic Kaballah. She is involved in the Philip Berg Centre. See Also see To better understand how her children's book is being used by the Berg group for self-promotion and recruitment see the following:
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Thanks for your help I should have mentioned that I have already read everything within the culteducation.com site on the Centre. I'm hoping to find someone who has more specific info. pertaining to the school- Kabbalah Children's Academy. Here's a bit of info. for anyone considering sending their child to this school: The children begin meditating to all body parts at age
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Hello, My ex-husband concealed my 6 1/2 year-old daughter's whereabouts from me for over a year. In January, I finally located her, and have been involved in a very complex, interstate custody matter ever since. I am hopeful that it will end very soon. Immediately after I found my daughter, her dad enrolled her in Kindergarten at the Kabbalah Children's Academy in Los Angeles.
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QuoteOriginally posted by rrmoderator This was so funny I had to discuss it at CultNews.com See All of these quacks quote Kabbalah. At the Carlebach Shul the a"rosh yeshiva" Zvi Padeh, helped to translate certain portions of an ancient Kabbalistic book Etz Chaim, Tree of Life, by Rabbi Chaim Vital (the book is heavily quoted by Chabad's Tanya). I came in the shul an
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This was so funny I had to discuss it at CultNews.com See
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It isn't often that you find funny stuff about our favorite cults, but here is a quick story. I was walking down 48th Street last week past the Kabbalah Centre when going in through the service entrance what do I see but a delivery person bringing in the "holy water". The kicker is that each carton was clearly stamped "product of Canada" and sported a popular brand nam
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Unless I am mistaken, Goldie Hawn was once linked to Satya Sai Baba, as was whoever started the Hard Rock Cafe chain. SSB is renowned for his psychic powers and miracles and is considered God in human form. His ashram is in Puttaparthi, in southern India. Recently some news has come out that SSB has been a long time pedophile who targets young boys and men, and may well have faked many of his all
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