Madonna is no more. Say hello to Esther.
Madonna may have undergone a few image shifts during her tumultuous career – but now she wants to be called Esther.
The Material Girl was inspired to take on a new name by her study of Jewish mysticism known as Kabbalah.
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“I was named after my mother. My mother died when she was very young, of cancer, and I wanted to attach myself to another name,” she said.
“This is in no way a negation of who my mother is. I wanted to attach myself to the energy of a different name.”
I can understand the name change. Esther has “guaranteed to send Shmuley Boteach into convulsions” written all over it.
