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The Hasidic pop-star known as the Jewish Lady Gaga

Lipa Schmeltzer has been called the Jewish Lady Gaga. That's because Lipa鈥檚 style of traditional singing is filled with pop flair. He grew up in a Hasidic Jewish family in upstate New York, without much influence from the outside world. His father was a Holocaust survivor and wanted Lipa to become a rabbi. But the pull of music proved too strong for Lipa. First he was involved with the traditional singing of his community, and then found pop when he heard it for the first time on the radio aged 20. Outlook鈥檚 Colm Flynn went to meet him.

Image: Lipa Schmeltzer
Credit: 成人快手

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