Teen Hollywood reports (sorry, we’ve been trolling the trashy sites today) that Madonna is actively seeking converts to Kabbalah. Madonna (who is requesting that people address her as ‘Esther’ nowadays) called up new mother Gwyenth Paltrow and tried celebrity-bully her into joining up. Gwyenth told to her shove her red string where the eternal light don’t shine, so to speak. Madge’s got the pushy Jewish mother thing down, but somebody please tell her that proselytizing isn’t our style.
In the meantime, Esther’s husband extols the virtues of Kabbalah, saying it’s just about being a decent person. “Put it this way, I’ve never met a kabbalahist [sic] who is a c***.”
Charming. We’re sure old Rabbi Akiva and the other ancient mystics defined a decent person as someone who uses the ‘C’ word to an interviewer and makes culty phone calls.