Madonna gives millions to Kabbalah

Madonna has proved her devotion to Kabbalah - she donated more than $2.6m (€3.6m) to the religion in 2007.

The Material Girl showed her generosity by giving away $3.1m (€4.3m) , the bulk of which went to the Kabbalah Center in Los Angeles - a steep rise from the $250,000 ($250,000) she donated in 2006.

Tax papers for the singer's Ray of Light Foundation for the year 2007 show she also handed out $250,000 (€350,000) to Mobilization Against AIDS, $15,000 (€20,000) to the TJ Martell Foundation for Leukemia and Cancer Research, and smaller donations to All Saints Church in Pasadena, California, as well as several health groups.

She also gave almost $23,000 (€32,000) to an organization that sets up playgrounds in Russia - but there was reportedly no listing of any donation to charities in Malawi, the African republic from which she adopted son David Banda in 2006.