Talk:Lipa Schmeltzer

Schmeltzer vs. Shmeltzer
I've seen the name spelled both ways. In the introduction to the video Gelt he speaks his name and it is spelled out on the screen at the same time with a "c" as SCHMELTZER. --AStanhope 20:35, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

His legal surname is Schmelczer, as it was spelled in Europe. It is usually spelled Schmeltzer on his albums, credits etc.
 * Schmelczer or Schmelcer? Tom e rtalk  19:02, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

according to mostlymusic.com, perty much the "amazon" for jewish music, his name is spelled Lipa Schmelczer: http://www.mostlymusic.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=lipa%20schmelczer&display=albums 64.61.84.49 (talk) 17:10, 28 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Schmeltzer on the albums, Scmelczer in real life. Just like Avrohom Friedman and Yaakov Choeka (who's last name is pronounced "Shweh-key") Yserbius123 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 15:15, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

"I had a dream" video - real?
Can somebody verify that this is indeed an official video and not just a couple of teenagers in London screwing around with a video camera? It isn't Schmeltzer in the video, it is fairly amateurish and doesn't adhere to the apparent standards of the other videos. --AStanhope 17:33, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Not real at all. It's an amateur work that does not feature Lipa and is most likely unauthorized. Probabaly even violates the copyright. --Kotzker 03:20, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Gelt - Six Flags spoof
Isn't the song for the Six Flags spoof "Gelt," though? I realize that it isn't *the* Gelt video, but I think it is *a* Gelt video. --AStanhope 03:11, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

As far as I can tell, the spoof has nothing to do with Gelt. Calling it that is misleading, since there is an actual Gelt video. --Kotzker 03:19, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Lack of references
I don't know if this is what the tag was referring to, but I added references to the item about the March '08 concerts. Does that mean someone can remove the tag? 87.80.37.31 (talk) 09:12, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Big Event cancellation
"Lipa backed out of a concert... after R' Yosef Rosenblaum of Boro Park sat down with Lipa to discuss and explain the issues involved."

That is a massive simplification that completely misses out why the event was so important. Even the reference quoted makes mention of the public ban on the concert and the controversy around it. Unless someone else redoes this, I will do it under my log-in of Fish613. 87.80.37.31 (talk) 21:11, 7 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Done. The article now mentions the ban put out and the aftermath, plus Lipa's reaction. Since the reference quoted did not say who the Rabbi was that Lipa spoke to, I also removed the name. Fish. (talk) 12:22, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

This article still does not explicitly state the nature and source of the ban. Please provide quotations and sources in English. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.162.77.10 (talk) 19:30, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

The [not big] Event live.
On March 1, 2009 Lipa tried once again with the event. This time prior to advertising he spoke to rabbanim and rabbis about how it should be. The event sold 3/4 of its tickets before February 28, 2009. There was very little empty seats. It was held in the WaMU theater in MAdison Square Gardens. There was seperate seating and it featured many other singers including Dedi, Eli gerstner and his Peirchei Boys Choir, Abei Rottenberg and the suprise visit of Mordechai Ben David /MBD. Please add more to this. A video of the event[ illegally taken] may be seen at youtube on http://www.youtube.com/user/shiezoli it was put on youtube as 27 parts the video is not really professional. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.81.159.238 (talk) 17:28, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

sources to improve the article
Howdy, After a while of looking at this article and thinking it needs help and sources, here are a few sources using


 * J-post article about new cd post ban
 * Forward article about concert
 * 5TJT about March 2009 concert
 * Bloomberg 2008 Forward 50 Picks

I think that this article can be more than it is right now. Joe407 (talk) 16:15, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

I don't see any reliable sources that Lipa got an award besides himself tweeting about it. The link that was posted doesnt have any reference to LIPA — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.54.168.136 (talk) 15:51, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

Forty children
I plan to correct the misspelling of forty in the statement that he and his wife have forty children. However, I searched the internet and found nothing even suggesting he has forty children. If there is a reference somewhere, even a reference not on the internet, please use it to substantiate the claim of forty children. Bill Pollard (talk) 14:01, 16 April 2017 (UTC)


 * "forty" has since been changed to "four" (here). -- -- -- 20:36, 10 March 2023 (UTC)

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Langauges He Writes In (and citation formatting request)
I just made this edit, removing "Russian, Arabic, Hindu, Surinamese" from the list of languages he writes in. I initially was going to just fix the formatting (since that whole string linked to Hebrew language), but when I looked around for a source and found one, on a quick skim I only found "English, Hebrew, and Yiddish". If someone does have a source for the other languages -- OR if they are mentioned elsewhere in the source and I missed that, which someone might want to check -- then they should put them back.

Also, I added the link to the reference, but probably formatted incorrectly. I just added the URL plain after the citation. Someone should probably fix how it is displayed. 192.54.222.28 (talk) 14:53, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

Dubious birth place
An anonymous editor (here) added "birth_place = New Square, New York" to the infobox. This is highly unlikely since New Square lacks a hospital and I doubt that he was born at home. -- -- -- 20:23, 10 March 2023 (UTC)