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Kabbalist Madonna to embark on 80-date musical, spiritual trek with stop in Israel.

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What could be more Catholic than a young Italian- American woman named Madonna singing “Like a Virgin”? From her iconoclastic 1983 debut, Madonna Louise Ciccone embarked on a pop pilgrimage that took the crucifixclad singer through Papa Don’t Preach, Like a Prayer and a whole host of imagery inspired by the Holy See.

Later this month, Madonna – now a.k.a. Esther – descends on Israel with her four children to celebrate Shavuot and then launch her 9th world tour. Shavuot is the holiday of religious conversion, marking the journey of Ruth, the grandmother of King David, from Moabite to Jew – not by rabbinically supervised conversion, but by her actions and her revolutionary declaration: “Your people are my people and your God is my God.” MDNA, an 80-date musical and spiritual trek, will solidify Madonna’s own journey from iconoclast to icon, from Catholic to Kabbalist, from flirt to convert.

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