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Above, Perry "Peretz" Farrell on the Chabad Telethon, singing the classic "Oseh Shalom," via Beware of the Blog.

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[#1 posted by AnjaFlower, April 3, 2009 2:07 PM]

Normally I like just about everything posted to BB, but as an atheist and a cultural Jew...
CHABAD TELETHON ON MY BOINGBOING? What is becoming of the world?

[#2 posted by Keeper of the Lantern, April 3, 2009 2:26 PM]

My God

oops

My G-d that's bizarre.

What makes it even more bizarre is how comfortable and natural Perry Farrell looks singing in that context.

[#3 posted by Xeni Jardin, April 3, 2009 2:27 PM]

Lighten up, Anja! It's Peretz Ferrell!

If Snoop Dogg were on the Billy Graham show, I'da blogged that, too.

[#4 posted by IWood, April 3, 2009 3:05 PM]

#2 posted by Keeper of the Lantern:

What makes it even more bizarre is how comfortable and natural Perry Farrell looks singing in that context.

He did this whole baal teshuva thing with Rabbi Yosef Langer a while back, so it's not totally out of the blue.

[#5 posted by Lyddiechu, April 3, 2009 3:40 PM]

The sparkly shirt just makes it.. as if there were any other outfit you could wear to sing in a Chabad telethon.

[#6 posted by cycle23, April 3, 2009 5:31 PM]

Much better than Coming Down the Mountain as a Coors commercial (or was that Xterra?)

[#7 posted by slida, April 3, 2009 5:36 PM]

That was unexpected.

[#8 posted by slain by an elf, April 3, 2009 9:56 PM]

Wow. Just wow.

[#9 posted by AnjaFlower, April 4, 2009 12:12 AM]

It just dawned on me that this is the frontman for Jane's Addiction! Duh!

[#10 posted by overunger, April 4, 2009 4:04 AM]

Imagine if he broke into Mountainsong right after that? Now THAT would be a religious moment.

[#11 posted by Bumlooker, April 4, 2009 4:55 AM]

See what happens when musicians get sober!!!!

God dam war on drugs....

[#12 posted by Dedalus, April 4, 2009 8:21 AM]

i like regina spektor's version better...

[#13 posted by umgrego2, April 6, 2009 8:49 AM]

Real Audio? Now THAT is vintage.