WATCH: Lipa Schmeltzer, AKA The Hasidic Lady Gaga, Shakes Up Purim
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The stereotype-defying Orthodox singer and composer, also known as the Hasidic Lady Gaga, talks to the Yiddish Forward at his latest concert in Manhattan.
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