The performance however, left some Jewish viewers cringing over the broad misinterpretation of the lyrics, while others questioned why a song riddled with sexual references was performed at such an event. Gospel singer Yolanda Adams sang two verses of the song outside the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington on Tuesday evening as Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris silently stood along their spouses for the memorial service. 'Now how does it feel to be on the outside?!' she joked.

All of us', Twitter user SwordGirlNation said in a post that went viral. 'Yes, Christians, all Jewish people make fun of you when you sing the song about Jewish sex to celebrate your holidays and commemorate your lost. Many Jewish people in the know tore onto Twitter after the song was dragged out Tuesday at the national memorial service as a tribute to the 400,000 Americans who have died of COVID-19, poking fun at those who didn't know what the song's lyrics really mean.

The famous song - which contains several biblical references - has been widely regarded as a spiritual hymn and has become a popular choice to sing at funeral and memorial services since its release in 1984.īut that's not what it's all about, they say: It's actually a sexual song - and people should stop trying to make it into something it's not.

Jewish fans of late Canadian singer Leonard Cohen are pleading for his classic hit 'Hallelujah' to no longer be played at memorials and other somber events because of the ballad's sexual lyrics after it was performed at a COVID-19 memorial this week on the eve of Joe Biden's inauguration.

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