Editing Paula Abdul (section)

=== Beliefs ===
Abdul is observant in her Jewish faith,<ref>{{cite video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yYrLwO0cIk |title=Paula Abdul... "a good Jewish girl." |date=2007 |medium=YouTube video |publisher=Gershon Veroba |location=Bel Air, California |access-date=2016-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101145050/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yYrLwO0cIk |archive-date=2016-01-01 |url-status=live |people=Gershon Veroba}}</ref> and is proud of her heritage. She once stated, "My father is a Syrian Jew whose family immigrated to Brazil. My mother is Canadian with Jewish roots. My dream is to go to [[Israel]] for a real holiday." In November 2006, when Israeli Tourism Minister [[Isaac Herzog]] invited her to Israel, Abdul responded with a hug, adding, "I will come; you have helped me make a dream come true."<ref>{{cite news |date=November 17, 2006 |title=Israeli minister, American Idol |work=YNET News |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3328923,00.html |url-status=live |access-date=February 11, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309184857/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3328923,00.html |archive-date=March 9, 2009}}</ref> In 2013, at the age of 51, Abdul had her [[bat mitzvah]] in [[Safed|Safed, Israel]], at the [[International Center for Tzfat Kabbalah]],<ref>{{cite news |date=November 5, 2013 |title=Paula Abdul Celebrates Bat Mitzvah In Safed, Israel Known For kabbalah |work= [[Huffington Post]] |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/06/paula-abdul-bat-mitzvah-video-israel_n_4226165.html |url-status=live |access-date=November 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111121440/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/06/paula-abdul-bat-mitzvah-video-israel_n_4226165.html |archive-date=November 11, 2013}}</ref> a museum and spiritual retreat for the study of [[Kabbalah]] – Jewish mysticism.  In 2003, Abdul was reported as a practitioner of [[Transcendental Meditation technique|Transcendental Meditation]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Cooke de Herrera |first=Nancy |title=All You Need Is Love: An Eyewitness Account of When Spirituality Spread from the East to the West |publisher=Joodere Group |year=2003 |location=San Diego |page=438}}</ref>

Abdul is a dog lover who raised awareness about [[National Guide Dog Month]] in May 2009, and she teamed up with [[Dick Van Patten]] to help people with blindness to have more independence through the help of guide dogs.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mitchell |first=E. |date=May 7, 2009 |title=Paula Abdul & Guide Dogs |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |url=http://blog.seattlepi.com/filmhound/archives/168170.asp?from=blog_last3 |url-status=live |access-date=May 7, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100816165145/http://blog.seattlepi.com/filmhound/archives/168170.asp?from=blog_last3 |archive-date=August 16, 2010}}</ref> She does not wear real fur.<ref>{{cite web |date=May 29, 2011 |title=Paula Abdul's faux fur vest |url=http://thegloss.com/culture/paula-abduls-faux-fur-vest/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916104436/http://www.thegloss.com/culture/paula-abduls-faux-fur-vest/ |archive-date=2018-09-16 |access-date=2011-05-29 |website=The Gloss }}</ref>