Though most Jewish blogs despise the marketing meshugganahs of the Kabbalah Center for their watered-down, milquetoast-y version of Jewish mysticism with a venom that could give you an ulcer, we just can’t get worked up about it, it being a free country and all. The Bergs have twisted their version of Judaism into a tidy revenue source for themselves, how can you begrudge that? (Besides, we’ll admit it. We love the celebrity trash factor.) Jay Michaelson takes a sage look at what the Kabbalah Center actually teaches in this week’s Forward, giving it an attempt at a fair shake: “at least the Kabbalah Centre is selling superficial spirituality; sometimes I feel like the mainstream Jewish community is just pushing bagels.”
In other news of concern to shallow fame whores, uber-skank Paris Hilton has returned to the fold since dumping Plastic Ken Doll Nick Carter (or maybe it was him who called her a psycho nympho) saying that she coped by going straight to the Kabbalah Center in L.A., gabbing with everyone about the break-up and buying herself a dandy new red string bracelet.
It’s pretty obvious from the people who frequent the Kabbalah Center that there is no threat to actual Jewish life. Why all the hatred?