Lipa Schmeltzer
WATCH: Lipa Schmeltzer, AKA The Hasidic Lady Gaga, Shakes Up Purim
The stereotype-defying Orthodox singer talks to the Yiddish Forward.
Lipa Schmeltzer Reaches For Broadway and Beyond
Lipa Schmeltzer, the controversial Hasidic singer, took to the Broadway stage last month to celebrate 15 years in show business. He asks why everyone wants to judge him.
An Exclusive Interview With Lipa Schmeltzer
Lipa Schmeltzer is a true exception in the Haredi world, both because of his music and his personality. He talks with us about the challenges of standing out.
The Many Outfits of Lipa Schmeltzer
The other week we reported on a shoot of Lipa Schmeltzer’s latest music video, in which the popular Hasidic singer dressed up in an Israel Defense Forces uniform, along with members of the Nahal Hareidi, or ultra-Orthodox division of the IDF. That video, titled “Mizrach,” has now been released.
Lipa Schmeltzer in Uniform
Lipa Schmeltzer, the Hasidic superstar we can’t stop talking about, keeps pushing buttons. Yesterday the Orthodox news site Vos Iz Neias picked up reports from the Israeli newspaper Maariv that Schmeltzer is shooting a new music video with Israeli soldiers, dressed as a soldier himself.
African Immigrants, Poverty by Choice, Lipa's Latest
Forward staffers discuss Americans’ reaction to Israel’s anti-immigrant crackdown, the tricky question of ‘voluntary’ poverty and new releases from Woody Allen and Lipa Schmeltzer.
My Lipa Schmeltzer Problem, and Ours
When Lipa Schmeltzer’s new music video, “Hang Up the Phone,” hit the Internet last week, I didn’t know what to think. What on God’s green earth was this?
Lipa Schmeltzer's Uncanny Valley
I think I’ve figured out why I find Lipa Schmeltzer’s new music video so engrossingly weird. And it’s not just the break-dancing Hasidic robots.
Hasidic Superstar Meets Lady Gaga — Must See
Break-dancing Hasidic robots in metal yarmulkes.
Are Hasidic Singers Exploiting Leiby Kletzky's Death?
There is a time for mourning and there is a time for PR. The shocking murder of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky, z”l, in Borough Park this week, is an unspeakable horror. And yet, with what seems to be a total lack of sensitivity regarding what kind of public reaction is or isn’t appropriate, Haredi artists are racing to release songs and videos in response to the event.