This week I interviewed a real phenomenon. Something it will be hard to describe in a newspaper: Ehud Segev… (Translated from Hebrew, Israel – 1998) INTERVIEW OF THE WEEK By Doron Shnaper Segev, a 19 year-old guy from Rosh-Pinna, possesses a special power that no one else has. “I've always engaged with mysticism. At the age of 12, during a …

Touching a person using psychokinesis and exploding light bulbs by just looking at them. Hosted by Black and White Scotch Whisky, ‘Mentalizer Kabbalah' (Kabbalah is the old wisdom that reveals the spiritual and physical laws that govern the cosmos) came to town with psychic demonstrations that had the audiences' jaws dropping in disbelief. Yours would too had you seen your …

MAYOR Bloomberg being rendered speechless during the Hanukkah reception at the Jewish Museum when mentalist Ehud Segev bent a metal spoon in the mayor's hand…

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS New Age mysticism mixes with old-fashioned magic in two new Off-Broadway shows. “Phenomena” features magician Belinda Sinclair. “The Mentalizer” stars Israeli mentalist Ehud Segev, but the performers go beyond a dazzling assortment of card tricks, sleight of hand, spoon-bending and mind-reading stunts. Sinclair and Segev also use their particular magic skills to deliver messages about empowerment, …

New Delhi, November 18: He bends spoons and forks by just ”concentrating hard”. He touches a man on his nose while person standing next feels it. He can make credit cards ”fly” but Ehud Segev – the ”mentalizer” from Israel – is not a magician but prefers to be called as ”spiritual entertainer”. ”I love to amaze people”, says Segev. …

Things got a little bent out of shape at Mayor Michael Bloomberg's recent Chanukah party at The Jewish Museum. Or at least this spoon held by His Honor did, during a performance by Ehud Segev, aka The Mentalizer. Segev says “supernatural abilities” allow him to bend metal using telekinesis, a trick first pioneered by another Israeli, Uri Geller. A native …

There's no easy way to discuss Ehud Segev without first mentioning Uri Geller. Like the fifty-something Geller, 25-year-old Segev is an Israel-born spoon-bender. Unlike Geller – so far, at least – Segev doesn't claim that supernatural powers were given to him by aliens. Segev is a mentalist. The Mentalist, if he has his way. And yes, he can bend spoons. …

Children love magicians, but kids in their tween and teen years have a penchant for those who show off telepathic abilities. (Imagine reading that cute boy's mind!) The Mentalizer, Ehud Segev, comes to New York straight from the land of the Kabbalah, and will amaze even the most skeptical grown-ups in the audience. Even better, the proceeds from the show …

There's some conflicting depictions  of magic in pop culture these days:On the one  hand, you have the highly publicized, death-defying stunts of David Blaine and Long Islander Criss Angel…

Reading minds… bending spoons with no hands… for some kids, weirdness just works. Magician/Kabbalist Ehud Segev has turned it into a career.