LOS ANGELES, June 2 (UPI) -- A California rabbi who was once associated with Michael Jackson is blasting a Kabbalah center for aligning itself with Madonna.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, a former advisor to Jackson, attacked Phillip Berg, the head of the Kabbalah Centre, for allowing Madonna to be a celebrity spokeswoman for the mystical Jewish group, MSNBC reported Wednesday.
"Earth to Phillip Berg: Do us all a favor and dump Madonna as your principal spokesperson," Boteach posted on the Web site SomethingJewish.com.uk. "Sorry to be so crass, but Madonna is a slut. Yes, she may sing, and she may dance. But she is famous for being a slut. And no religion dare have a slut as its principal representative."
He went on to write: "Is the Kabbalah Centre really so desperate that it is prepared to promote itself through a vulgarian whose main contribution to the culture is porn rock?"
A spokeswoman for the Material Girl called the rabbi's attack "vile" and suggested he "take a look at his own character," MSNBC said.
