A Clash Between Popular Culture and Orthodox Piety
For thousands of Orthodox Jews, the ''Big Event'' — a concert featuring the popular Hasidic entertainer Lipa Schmeltzer — was supposed to happen next Sunday at the WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden. But fans and organizers were shocked to learn late last month that a group of rabbis had issued an edict against the show, effectively canceling it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/03/nyregion/03concert.html?ex=1205211600&en=4f21bd080db59683&ei=5070&emc=eta1
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