Madonna is going to Tzfat (Safed)
Posted on August 30, 2007 • By Deena Levenstein
Category: Art and Culture |
Madonna is going to Tzfat. Need I say more?
OK fine, if you insist. Madonna and her conglomerate are making a 10 day trip to Israel which will end on Yom Kippur. Conglomerate includes Demi Moore and Donna Karan (she must be good because the best pair of tights I ever owned was with her name on them). Oh, and 3,000 international students of the L.A.-based Kabbalah Center.
Of course there are mixed feelings about Madonna’s visit to Tzfat. There are four cities considered most holy in Israel - Jerusalem, Hebron, Tzfat and Tiberias. Tzfat is often considered the city of Kabbalah and mysticism. Sitting on the beautiful mountains of the Galilee, it is definitely a city that has holy ambiance.
Some are happy to up tourism in the area, especially since it’s still struggling following the Second Lebanon War last summer. To others, the use of Kabbalah at the L.A. Kabbalah Center is wrong - Kabbalah, according to many Torah-observant Jews, is only to be studied by top Torah scholars - and they don’t want that type of thing in their city.
Either way, the group is planning to visit and enjoy all Israel has to offer during one of the holiest times of the year.
By the way, yesterday I posted about two very different types of tourists - passengers on cruises and religious Christians from Italy - who will be making their way to Israel. Israel seems to have something to offer to almost any type of traveler. (Check out my post from yesterday here.)
Larry Luxner, “Madonna coming to Israel”, Something Jewish, August 29, 2007.
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