Mim Udovitch's "Inside Hollywood's Hottest Cult," Radar Magazine, 16 June 2005, read via its Jews for Judaism republication and read directly 2026-08-16, contrasting the Kabbalah Centre's 2002 federal tax-exempt filing, which listed 5,000 active members nationwide, against the Centre's own promotional literature claiming 3.4 million students, a figure the article says has little support.
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AuthorMim Udovitch
PublisherRadar Magazine
Publication Year2005
URLhttps://jewsforjudaism.org/knowledge/articles/inside-hollywoods-hottest-cult-2
Source TypeArticle
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Reliability Tier3
Tier three: a named magazine journalist's investigative feature rather than a peer reviewed study, but one that quotes the Kabbalah Centre's own 2002 federal tax filing directly against its promotional claims, so the underlying figures are documentary rather than the reporter's own estimate. Claims Backed By This Source (13 claims)
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- New Religious Movements, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 general references.
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