songs that portrayed him as a tradition-minded, Torah-observant Jew instead of the rock idol portrayed by the ban. Since that release, Schmeltzer's concert and recording schedules have increased. Shortly after the cancellation of "The Big Event", promoters began planning another concert with the scaled-down name "The Event", which went off without controversy before a sell-out crowd at Madison Square Garden's WaMu Theater on March 1, 2009. Later the same year, Aderet Records released a double CD and DVD of "The Event". Other activities In 2010, Schmeltzer built a synagogue, Beis Medrash D'Airmont, in the village of Airmont, New York. Schmeltzer attended Rockland Community College, a two-year school which is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. He pursued a dual associate degree in performing arts and liberal arts. On May 18, 2014 he graduated with a GPA of 3.902. In April 2014 Schmeltzer received a Chancellor's Award of Excellence, which is considered to be "the highest honor bestowed upon the student body." In 2014, Schmeltzer was studying Creative Writing and Visual Art at Columbia University's School of General Studies. Lipa graduated from Columbia University in May 2018 with a Bachelor of Arts degree Magna Cum Laude. In December 2011, Schmeltzer sang at Mayor Michael Bloomberg's annual Hanukkah party at the Jewish Heritage Museum, accompanied by the Freilach Orchestra. In December 2015, Schmeltzer sang at the annual White House Hanukkah Party, and promised President Barack Obama a special gift, a gold and silver yarmulke. In May 2016 Schmeltzer traveled to Washington, D.C. and delivered Obama the promised gift of a gold and silver yarmulke. In 2016, Schmeltzer appeared in an Israeli television ad for Pepsi Max. In December 2016, Schmeltzer sang "God Bless America" in Yiddish (as "Gott Bensch Amerike") in Brooklyn Borough Hall at the inauguration of New York Civil Court Judge Rachel Freier. In September 2017, Reuven Schmeltzer, Lipa's father, died and the Skverer Rebbe came to be menachem avel (to console the mourner) him while sitting shivah. Discography Nor B'simcha (1999) Shema (2000) Letova (2001) Purim In Skver (2002)Bederech (2003)Le'eilu Uleeilu (2004)The New Project X (2005)Keneina Hora (2005)Hallel (2006)The Lipa Experience (DVD) (2007)The Next Project X (2007)A Poshiter Yid (2008)Non Stop Lipa (2009)Me'imka D'Lipa: From the Depth of My Heart (2010)24/6 Lipa (2011)Leiby Forever (2011)Leap of Faith (2012)Dus Pintele - The Hidden Spark (2013)B Positive (with Matt Dubb) (2015)Lipa On Broadway (DVD) (2015)Lipa's Gevaldig (2020)BavLipa