Below, via YouTube, check out Bob Dylan (the atheist) singing Hank William’s song Thank God, for the Chabad Telethon in 1986.

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Wow. I’d heard the performance before, but not Bob’s taped message afterwards. My own transcript:

This is Bob Dylan. I’m in England[?] right now, working, so I can’t be there tonight, but I’d like to say that I think Chabad is a great organization helping people in need, helping to set them free from the misconceptions and devastation which is destroying their lives from within.

Of course this a fierce battle, for those responsible for poisoning the minds and bodies of America’s youth are reaping great profits. If you can help Chabad to help others who have fallen victim to the lies and deceits of those who are much more powerful, do so.

Talk about stepping up! It sounds to me like even the Chabad audience is in shock after hearing all that. I can’t believe I hadn’t heard it before, or seen it written up, while other, much more trivial and off-the-cuff statements by Dylan are amplified a thousand times.

Way to go, Bob.

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