Esther - aka Madonna - may cut ties with Kabbalah (AFP)

LONDON (AFP) - Esther may be about to become just plain Madonna again if, as a report suggested, she cuts her much derided ties with Kabbalah, the trendy Orthodox Jewish sect the US singer has championed. The Independent on Sunday cited close friends of the singer saying she has talked of loosening her red Kabbalah wristband - used to ward off the "evil eye" - and is wearying of the mystical Jewish belief system. Esther -- the adopted Hebrew name by which she is known to fellow believers -- has ...