Idol Chatter

Is Britney Putting the Jew in Jewelry?

Wednesday January 31, 2007

Categories: Celebrities
I hate to say I told you so. But way back when Madonna was embracing Kabbalah and taking my name as her own, I knew instinctively that Britney--who would have been a Wannabe, had she been a teenager in the 80s--would not be far behind her idol. And then suddenly Brit wore red string bracelets and toted copies of the Zohar (the primary Kabbalah text) poolside, and I was right: If Madge tries it, it's good enough for Britney.

But now Britney's gone beyond Madonna in her embrace of faux-alterna-Judaism, by dating Jewish model Isaac Cohen and sporting what tabloids claim is Cohen's Magen David (star of David) necklace. While Jews everywhere are echoing Kapped's prayer ("not a Jew, please"), and speculating that the necklace (and her new hair color) indicates an imminent conversion, pop culture historians should point out that we should probably blame Madonna for this, too: Remember her song from "Confessions on a Dance Floor" that might have been about a storied Kabbalist? It was called "Isaac."

And Britney's attempt to catch up with Madonna--and maybe find her own spirituality, or self, in the process--continues.
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Scott
February 1, 2007 11:55 PM
HASH(0xfca1d90)

she can rely on an army of pop-culture blogging Jews to go ape about this And I guess Xtians never blog.

KM
February 2, 2007 4:19 PM
HASH(0xfca3aa8)

she can rely on an army of pop-culture blogging Jews to go ape about this Yes, I am sure Idol Chatter is foremost on Britney's mind when making her jewelry choices...

Kevin
February 2, 2007 6:01 PM
HASH(0xfca4578)

I could care less what that dimwit Bitney believes, along with Madonna. In Madonna's case she could not be immoral and be a good Catholic, so change the faith so immorality is not such. That may be the real reason for Britney's conversion, or maybe she likes the jewelry lol. She should not be a person to emulate.

christian jewelry
March 30, 2009 12:32 PM
http://www.beatitudescross.com/

First Madonna, and now her "Wannabe best friend" Britney. I can't wait for her to start studying Kabala.. :)

yurith
April 21, 2009 3:17 PM
http://yurith

she can wear whatever she likes,

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