A group of rabbis and scholars wants to bring Jewish mysticism to a wider audience. NEW YORK (JTA) — When Jews recite a core hymn welcoming the Sabbath on Friday night, they’re also singing about the ...

JERUSALEM -- Madonna toasted the Jewish new year with Israeli President Shimon Peres and declared herself an "ambassador for Judaism," local newspapers reported Sunday. By The Associated Press ...

SAFED, Israel — Kabbalah, or Jewish mysticism, is known around the world thanks to the many Hollywood celebrities who have embraced its teachings. While Madonna and Demi Moore may be seen walking in ...

About 200 years ago, a Jewish scholar in Germany wrote a work called Judaism in Its Main Streams (or Hauptstroemungen, in German). In doing so, he created a new term, one that had never existed before ...

In another era, it might have been hard to imagine the likes of Madonna, Ashton Kutcher and Britney Spears spearheading a revival of ancient Jewish mystical traditions. But what began not so long ago ...

A six-week Kabbalah course begins tomorrow, Tuesday, Oct. 7, at the Center for Jewish Life, 294 Mass. Ave., Arlington. Classes will be held from 8 to 9 p.m. weekly, on Oct. 7, 14, 21 and 28, and Nov.

A few years ago, Rabbi Yakov Travis, an Orthodox rabbi with a Brillolike beard, was perusing the Judaism section at Borders when he came across the subsection on Kabbalah. The books were written ...

In Maui, at a New Age gift shop, a woman in a sarong pays for a candle in the shape of the Buddha, a bundle of sage used in Native American ceremonies and a copy of “Becoming Like God: Kabbalah and ...

What’s at the intersection of Judaism, politics and spirituality? It’s a literary niche being carved out by up-and-coming writer Jesse Bogner, a student of leading international authority on Kabbalah ...

It’s official. The Kabbalah Centre has usurped the Church of Scientology’s status as Hollywood’s hottest creed of choice. These days, it seems like every celeb looking to add meaning to his or her ...