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Tough Guy and a familiar flapper: Madonna celebrates religion
Last updated at 11:38am on 05.03.07It seems as if the long arm of the law has finally caught up with Madonna - possibly for offences including impersonation of a 1920s flapper.
But believe or not, she is actually out celebrating a religious festival.
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The distinctly camp cop who has her under arrest is none other than her husband Guy Ritchie, and the couple are in fancy dress while attending an event run by the mystical Jewish sect Kabbalah at its centre in Los Angeles.
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Guy and Madonna Ritchie: The couple are in fancy dress while attending an event run by the mystical Jewish sect Kabbalah
Madonna, a leading supporter of Kabbalah, was the star guest at the festival of Purim, which celebrates the foiling of an ancient plot to kill Jews in Persia.
While the 48-year-old singer had her hair bobbed, wore a feather boa and carried a cigarette holder, 38-year-old Ritchie appeared as a 1970s Village People-style police officer complete with sunglasses and big moustache.
Madonna, nicknamed Madge by her husband, recently donated £1.5 million to set up a Kabbalah centre in Malawi, the country from where she adopted baby David Banda last year.
Ritchie is reported to have become increasingly critical of her devotion to the sect, which has been criticised for promising happiness to wealthy donors.
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Reader views (3)
I agree that Kabbalah does not promise happiness to wealthy donors. However, what Madonna studies is not a diluted form of Kabbalah, but an ancient wisdom that has been made available to everyone who wishes to study it.
- Villane, New York, New York
Kabbalah does NOT promise happiness to wealthy donors. That's scientology. Kabbalah is the study of mystical judaism, traditionally (for 800+yrs) reserved exclusively to married men over 40 years of age. Madonna just latched on to a diluted form.
- Ad, Washington, DC
Madge looks fab! She can get away with everything. And Guy, that Guy looks HOT!
- Ronald, NY
