Kabbalah

An Introduction To Kabbalah Part 5: Choosing A Teacher

Jay Michaelson | Posted 11.27.2009 | Living


Jay Michaelson

Being a student means you don't know what your teacher knows. I think there are a few basic principles which ought to guide how you look for a teacher.

An Introduction To Kabbalah, Part 4: Kabbalah As A Spiritual Practice

Jay Michaelson | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living


Jay Michaelson

Kabbalah enables the "receiving" of more and more of reality, with more and more depth and sensitivity. Let's see how this works, in each of its three streams.

Ashton Kutcher's Best Friend Is A Rabbi

people.com | Jeffrey Slonim | Posted 10.30.2009 | Entertainment


Sure, he's got Demi Moore. But Ashton Kutcher's wife isn't the only No. 1 in his life. "My best friend? Yehuda Berg," Kutcher, 31, announced Wednes...

An Introduction To Kabbalah, Part 3: Three Answers To The Ultimate Question

Jay Michaelson | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living


Jay Michaelson

Last week, in part two of our introduction to Kabbalah, we suggested that in Jewish mystical theology, "God does not exist -- God is existence itself."

An Introduction to Kabbalah, Part 2: God Does Not Exist, God is Existence Itself

Jay Michaelson | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living


Jay Michaelson

At the deepest, most fundamental level, the true reality of our existence is One, Ein Sof, infinite, and thus the sense of separate self that we all have is not ultimately true.

An Introduction To Kabbalah, Part 1: What Is Kabbalah?

Jay Michaelson | Posted 10.15.2009 | Living


Jay Michaelson

Despite all the fame, or maybe because of it, it's often quite hard to get a clear answer to what Kabbalah actually is. It seems to depend on who you ask.

Will Spirituality Ever Be Serious?

Jay Michaelson | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living


Jay Michaelson

All too often, however, spirituality reinforces rather than transcends conventional limits, boundaries, and notions of the ego. Sandwiched in between manicures and lunch dates, the quickie yoga class becomes just another way to augment and reinforce the self.

What Is Rosh Hashanah and Why Should I Care?

Gahl Eden Sasson | Posted 11.15.2009 | Living


Gahl Eden Sasson

According to rabbinical lore, Adam and Eve, our primal parents, were created on Rosh Hashanah, which traditionally falls on the New Moon of the seventh month.

Above & Below: The Health Care Debate Seen from Above

Gahl Eden Sasson | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living


Gahl Eden Sasson

According to astrology, which was developed as a tool to understand the cycles of the seasons, now is the best time in 250 years to transform the health care institutions.

Madonna Performs In Israel After 16 Years, Dines With Opposition Leader

AP | KARIN LAUB | Posted 10.17.2009 | World


TEL AVIV, Israel — Madonna brought her mix of provocative music and spirituality to the Holy Land with a concert Tuesday in front of 50,000 fans...

Madonna Shares Her Kabbalah Experience With Israel Paper

AP | MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 08.31.2009 | Entertainment


JERUSALEM — After a long career as a singer, dancer, new-age seeker and megacelebrity, Madonna added a new item to her resume Friday – Isr...

Please Madonna, End the Gun Show

Sheila Marikar | Posted 08.28.2009 | Entertainment


Sheila Marikar

To many women in Hollywood abide by the ridiculous regimen of few hours of cardio here, one hour of lifting there, then a trip to the clinic to get lasered down and Botoxed up.

How a Dog Taught me the Dharma

Jay Michaelson | Posted 08.08.2009 | Living


Jay Michaelson

Why was I angry at my fellow yogis for what their conditioning caused them to do? And, perhaps even more importantly, why be angry at myself for being frustrated?

The History Of Madonna's Kabbalah-Loving Jesus

New York Post | Posted 06.17.2009 | Entertainment


She's always liked them hot, young and Latin, but Madonna's latest boy toy has another special charm -- he was a Kabbalist before they even met. PH...

Ashton Kutcher And Demi Moore's Kabbalah Party

dailyfill.com | Posted 04.10.2009 | Entertainment


Celebrities love to party just like the rest of us, but last night (March 9) Demi Moore looked to have had a few too many as she headed home. The "Ch...

Madonna Takes Her Jesus To Kabbalah

X17 Online | Posted 04.02.2009 | Entertainment


A stone faced Madonna was spotted leaving Kabbalah in NYC Saturdayay with Brazilian boy toy Jesus Luz. He's closer in age to Lourdes than he is to th...

Rancid Materialism Is Corrupting Our Community

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 01.16.2009 | Living


Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

For years now I have been passionately arguing the need for the Jewish community to serve as a light unto the nations by promulgating our values to the non-Jewish world.

Madonna's Brother's Memoir: A Sneak Peak

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 07.17.2008 | Entertainment


NEW YORK — A memoir by Madonna's brother says the singer really does love her husband, director Guy Ritchie, but, apparently, not as much as she...

Alex Rodriquez's Wife Cynthia To File For Divorce

AP | Posted 07.14.2008 | Entertainment


MIAMI — Alex Rodriguez's wife will file for divorce Monday, according to media reports. Cynthia Rodriguez, who married the New York Yankees star...

Alex Rodriguez's Wife: Madonna Lured Him With Kabbalah

New York Daily News | Posted 03.17.2009 | Entertainment


Pop icon Madonna is using kabbalah to brainwash Yankee star Alex Rodriguez into believing they are "soulmates," the ballplayer's estranged wife is tel...

Madonna And Guy Ritchie Dine Together

Posted 07.10.2008 | Entertainment


Madonna and Guy Ritchie are spotted arriving for dinner together at Cesca Restaurant in New York City on Tuesday. Guy Ritchie arrived in New York on ...

Ice on Mars: Good for the Jews?

Marty Kaplan | Posted 07.08.2008 | Living


Marty Kaplan

If scientists believe that invisible dark matter and unobservable dark energy make up the vast majority of the universe, then why should mystical accounts of an unseeable cosmos be any more inconceivable?

Guy Ritchie's Mom Denies Madonna Divorce Rumors, Sting And Trudie Counsel

Telegraph | Posted 07.08.2008 | Entertainment


"There's no conversation about divorce because there is no divorce," Lady Amber Leighton said. Last week, Madonna, 49, was reported to have met with ...

Madonna Gets McCartney's Divorce Attorney And Guy Quits Kabbalah: Reports

The Times | Posted 07.04.2008 | Entertainment


Update: Friday's UK Sun reports that Guy Ritchie told wife Madonna he is quitting Kabbalah: "Guy threw himself into it at first and even filled his mo...

The New Wedding Rules: What To Do When No One Has A Clue

Stephanie Pierson and Barbara Harrison | Posted 06.14.2008 | Living


Stephanie Pierson and Barbara Harrison

I do. I don't. Or do I? How is today's bride -- her groom in a kilt and yarmulke, her virtual guests, half sisters, whole pre-nup and Santa Mon...