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November 02, 2005
Lurid confessions
Madonna is under fire for "Isaac", a tune on her new album. Many observers, including the Flea, assumed a reference to kabbalah super-genius Isaac Luria. It turns out the Isaac in question is Yemeni singer Yitzhak Sinwani. Though I doubt Madonna's rejoinder is likely to win over her kabbalistic critics.
A song on the new album titled "Isaac," which uses Jewish musical motifs, has outraged some kabbalist rabbis. They claim the song is about Isaac (or Yitzhak) Luria, a 16th-century Jewish mystic. "Jewish law forbids the use of the name of the holy rabbi for profit," Rabbi Rafael Cohen, who heads a seminary named after Luria, said in a statement.
Madonna insists that her song is not about Luria at all but about Yitzhak Sinwani, who sings on the track. "They're saying I'm committing a blasphemy, but that's not what the song is about," she says. "What are they doing commenting on pop songs? Don't they have synagogues to pray in?"
Madonna insists that her song is not about Luria at all but about Yitzhak Sinwani, who sings on the track. "They're saying I'm committing a blasphemy, but that's not what the song is about," she says. "What are they doing commenting on pop songs? Don't they have synagogues to pray in?"
Posted by Ghost of a flea at November 2, 2005 07:33 AM
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