In assessing the work of Serbian-Jewish writer David Albahari, any English-language reader would be working with half a deck. Albahari, who writes in Serbian but has lived in Canada since 1994, has ...

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This week, we commemorate the anniversary of the passing of the great kabbalist Isaac Luria, known as the Holy ARI. It is therefore a good time to reflect on an odd synchrony between his arrival and ...

1 Sean McClelland, 24, Nondenominational Christian. Resurrection Presbyterian Church, Williamsburg, Brooklyn.2 Stephen Halker, 27, Nondenominational Christian ...

As Americans go to the polls, Kabbalists in Jerusalem are doing their part to help Mitt Romney pull through and win the presidency. Rabbis and students at Yeshivat Hatzot in Jerusalem were reading ...

Thanks to The Kabbalah Centre, various celebrities can be spotted donning red strings on their wrists that Jewish mystics say can ward off evil spirits. Apparently the threads, also known as bindles, ...

RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS: Israel’s National Library debuts the largest collection of Kabbalah ‘trees,’ expected to form the cornerstone of one of the most important collections of Judaica. Since the dawn of ...

A kabbalist whose followers believe he has supernatural powers has predicted that Hillary Clinton will win the US election. Rabbi Netanel Shriki of Netivot wrote a signed note on Sunday night in which ...

The ancient form of Jewish mysticism known as Kabbalah made a huge comeback in 2004. Celebrities like Madonna, Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Demi-and-Ashton made news for studying Kabbalah’s teachings ...

North Italian town to establish museum at burial site of 17th-century Kabbalists Small Jewish community existed in Mantua up till the 18th century; agreement comes after years of dispute between local ...