Give it up for our sister Esther

Look at this – the Jewish people have a new ambassador – Esther Ritchie (better know by her pre-tshuva name Madonna).

Esther is in Israel for a Kabbalah conference along with other notable Jewish spokespeople and including movie star Demi Moore and her husband, actor Ashton Kutcher, Rosie O’Donnell, fashion designer Donna Karan and of course Esther’s film director husband Guy Ritchie.

While in Israel, Esther met with Israeli President Shimon Peres and presented him with an autographed copy of the “Book of Splendor.”

“You don’t know how popular the Book of Splendor is among Hollywood actors,” Yediot [an Israeli newspaper] quoted Madonna [Esther] as telling Peres. “Everyone I meet talks to me only about that. I am an ambassador for Judaism.”

Isn’t this great?

September 16th, 2007 Jewish Issues