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Unclean Kabbalah
23 November 2004
The Detroit News reports on a "Kabbalah" outbreak in Michigan. Why the scare quotes? Because the New Age spirituality described uncritically in the article bears as much relation to Kabbalah as my Uncle Morrie, satin-jacket maker for the stars, did to the Lubavitcher rebbe. The Detroit News, however, wants to be "balanced," so they report only that "critics say Kabbalah is being distorted." That's not being objective; that's misrepresenting the facts. The Kabbalah in question includes Jesus as a great leader and star of David overlaid with a cross and an Egyptian ankh. This critic says that ain't kosher.

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