Lipa-Suction

Earlier this month, Hasidic pop-star Lipa Schmeltzer was forced to pull out of a concert at the WaMu Theatre at Madison Square Garden when several Brooklyn black hats condemned his music as immoral.

One told Ynetnews:

His live performances and videos, available on YouTube, often involve dancing — male only — and humor, both of which have drawn the wrath of critics who feel he is ‘too goyish.’ All that goyish tomfoolery lost Lipa a reported $100,000 for the concert that was set up to gain support for an all volunteer organization that raises money to pay for weddings of Israeli orphans.

I know how Lipa must feel, having handed roughly $14 to the City Reliquary after our Diamond Days fundraiser last July.