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Mon Jun 21, 2021, 02:21 AM Jun 2021

Metro Detroit Rabbi Swipes At Kid Rock's Anti-Gay Slur In Sabbath Sermon

Mazel tov, Kid Rock -- you've made into a Shabbat sermon at a Jewish temple. It may be a first, but it's not in a way that would give you nachas (joy).

Rabbi Paul Yedwab, delivering a sermon during Pride Month at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, initially spoke about anti-Semitism he faced during his youth and the pain he felt when "our Jewish students received anti-Semitic slurs in their yearbooks recently at one of our schools."

He then went on to say he felt the pain "when Kid Rock uttered a homophobic epithet during one of his concerts. I could not help but place myself in the seat of that young gay, lesbian or trans fan seated in that audience."

During a performance June 5 at FishLipz Bar & Grill in Smithville, Tenn. the Macomb County native was mad people were taping him and called them f****ts, according to TMZ.

Read more: https://www.deadlinedetroit.com/articles/28226/metro_detroit_rabbi_swipes_at_kid_rock_s_anti-gay_slur_in_sabbath_sermon

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