{"id":40412,"date":"2015-07-06T11:04:51","date_gmt":"2015-07-06T16:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/?p=40412"},"modified":"2015-07-09T12:26:24","modified_gmt":"2015-07-09T17:26:24","slug":"lipa-schmeltzer-cant-stop-wont-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/inspiration\/lipa-schmeltzer-cant-stop-wont-stop\/","title":{"rendered":"Lipa Schmeltzer Can&#8217;t Stop, Won&#8217;t Stop."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_40413\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 300px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/10257103_773952602638355_8203010419080229749_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-post-40412 wp-image-40413\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/10257103_773952602638355_8203010419080229749_o-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"Lipa Schmeltzer\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/10257103_773952602638355_8203010419080229749_o-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/10257103_773952602638355_8203010419080229749_o.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Lipa Schmeltzer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It is amazingly hard not to love Lipa Schmeltzer. The former Skverer chasid \u00a0has been banned, blacklisted and almost banished; but that doesn&#8217;t stop him from doing what he loves and producing some of the best Jewish music out there. Tablet Magazine&#8217;s Joe Winkler <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/jewish-arts-and-culture\/music\/191829\/lipa-schmeltzer#\">spent a day with the pop star<\/a>, whom the Daily News dubbed &#8220;Jewish Elvis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><em>Schmeltzer in a single day goes often from Jewish enclave to Jewish enclave, and on the day we spent together last February, he went from Monsey to New Square to Airmont and then from Flatbush to Borough Park to Williamsburg, ending up in the Lower East side and then finally Columbia before returning to his house. On the way, he discussed: Jewish academia, the legacy of the Holocaust, the relationship of non-Jews to Hasidim, Steve Jobs, the nature of progress, classical music, opera, the subconscious, ars poetica, music therapy, dance, the trauma of his past, his hopes for his and his family\u2019s future, the downside and pleasures of fame, and modern literature. \u201cA friend told me to read this book by a secular Jewish writer,\u201d he explained. \u201cI don\u2019t remember the name of the book, but it\u2019s famous. Has a lot of short stories and one long one.\u201d \u201cGoodbye, Columbus,\u201d I guessed, citing Philip Roth\u2019s famous collection. \u201cYes!\u201d he said, as if recapturing a cherished memory. \u201cWhat an interesting book!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/jewish-arts-and-culture\/music\/191829\/lipa-schmeltzer\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full story here<\/a>. Admittedly, we have a soft spot for Lipa. He joined Israel Free Spirit&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/jewish_action\/06\/2015\/musical-birthright-hits-all-the-right-notes\/\">Music on Tour<\/a>&#8221; trip last December and made the trip quite special for the participants.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content-asset\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Music on Tour Meets Lipa on OU-Israel Free Spirit: Taglit-Birthright Israel\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LhWXilmkYQM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em>Israel Free Spirit Taglit Birthright is part of the Orthodox Union&#8217;s NextGen Division.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is amazingly hard not to love Lipa Schmeltzer. 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