October 16, 2011 at 11:40am 71 notes
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Source: Los Angeles Times
Couple’s success spreading kabbalah yields to discord, tax probe: Philip and Karen Berg, founders of the L.A.-based Kabbalah Centre, set out to make secret Jewish mysticism available to the public. But former followers are now critics, and the IRS is investigating. Stay tuned for Part Two on Tuesday. Photo: The book “Practical Kabbalah” is displayed at the “Angels and Demons, Jewish Magic through the Ages” exhibition at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem. Credit: Gali Tibbon / Getty Images

Couple’s success spreading kabbalah yields to discord, tax probe: Philip and Karen Berg, founders of the L.A.-based Kabbalah Centre, set out to make secret Jewish mysticism available to the public. But former followers are now critics, and the IRS is investigating.

Stay tuned for Part Two on Tuesday.

Photo: The book “Practical Kabbalah” is displayed at the “Angels and Demons, Jewish Magic through the Ages” exhibition at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem. Credit: Gali Tibbon / Getty Images

May 6, 2011 at 1:09am 8 notes
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Source: Los Angeles Times
The Kabbalah Centre in Los Angeles is the focus of an IRS investigation into tax evasion, and two charities linked to Madonna are also being scrutinized. Photo: Madonna with her adopted daughter, Mercy James, during a brick-laying ceremony in 2010 for Raising Malawi Girls Academy. Credit: Mike Hutchings / Reuters

The Kabbalah Centre in Los Angeles is the focus of an IRS investigation into tax evasion, and two charities linked to Madonna are also being scrutinized.

Photo: Madonna with her adopted daughter, Mercy James, during a brick-laying ceremony in 2010 for Raising Malawi Girls Academy. Credit: Mike Hutchings / Reuters