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Madonna said set to visit Israel this weekend for Shavuot, but won’t perform
Madonna poses for photographers upon arrival at the world premiere of the film 'The Beatles, Eight Days a Week,' in London, September 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Singer Madonna is set to visit Israel this weekend for the Jewish festival of Shavuot, though she will not perform during the private trip, according to Hebrew media.
The singer, who unofficially added “Esther” to her name in 2005 and marks some Jewish festivals though she isn’t Jewish, will visit graves of rabbis affiliated with Jewish mystic movement Kabbalah — those of 16th century rabbi Isaac ben Solomon Luria Ashkenazi (known in Hebrew as Ha’ARI Hakadosh), and Madonna’s former spiritual leader, Rabbi Philip S. Berg.
