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The hip-hop rapping rabbi

July 2, 2015 16:20

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Barmitzvah boy Gabe Knopf got more than he bargained for last Friday when his rabbi stood up and delivered a rap sermon. Rabbi Danny Bergson, of Pinner Synagogue, waxed lyrical from the pulpit: "Pray for Man-U to do better next season, but the rabbi wants you to know the reason/For being a Jew in the 21st century, you need to be proud and loud about your identity." Rabbi Bergson, who had never rapped before, said he may revert to hip-hop "maybe once in a blue moon".

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