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Karen Berg is an author and the spiritual director of the Kabbalah Centre.

Born Karen Mulnich,[1] Berg grew up in a Jewish family, but was not around orthodox Jews until she worked at an insurance office based in New York where she met Philip Berg. She and Philip Berg later married in 1971. The couple moved to Jerusalem with Karen Berg's two daughters from a previous marriage, and had two sons, Yehuda and Michael, born in 1972 and 1973. Philip began teaching Kabbalah with Berg supporting him. They set up The Research Centre of Kabbalah in Tel Aviv. After living there for 12 years, they moved to Richmond Hill in Queens. Berg suggested opening a school so that all people could learn Kabbalah. Their house became the first American location of the Kabbalah Centre.[2][3][4]

Philip Berg died in 2013 and after his death, Karen Berg and the couple's son Michael directed the daily activities of the Centre, Karen Berg became spiritual leader Kabbalah Centre.[5] In 2016, Berg wrote Finding the Light Through the Darkness: Inspirational Lessons Rooted in the Bible and the Zohar.[6]

  1. ^ Harriet Ryan (September 22, 2013). "Philip Berg dies; controversial kabbalah rabbi with celebrity followers". Faith Street. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  2. ^ Harriet Ryan, Kim Christiansen (October 16, 2011). "Couple's success spreading kabbalah yields to discord, tax probe". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  3. ^ David Brinn (September 9, 2009). "Madonna's Kabbalah guide Karen Berg has built a spiritual empire". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  4. ^ Veronique Altglas (May 1, 2014). From Yoga to Kabbalah: Religious Exoticism and the Logics of Bricolage. Oxford University Press.
  5. ^ "Karen Berg". Huffington Post. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  6. ^ "Finding the Light Through the Darkness". The Kabbalah Centre. Retrieved August 23, 2016.

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