Transgender Jews; Giving Up on Syria; Lipa Schmeltzer

Hasidic popstar Lipa Schmeltzer has been making waves in ultra-orthodox communities for years.
In this week’s Reporters Roundtable podcast, host Josh Nathan-Kazis is joined by Forward deputy culture editor, Naomi Zeveloff, to discuss the our ongoing series about transgender Jews and the response so far. Then, opinion editor Gal Beckerman drops by to discuss what the US is and isn’t doing about Syria. Finally, we check back in with Hasidic popstar Lipa Schmeltzer.