Frimet Goldberger

Frimet Goldberger is a freelance journalist and regular contributor to The Jewish Daily Forward. She is based in New York.

Frimet Goldberger is a freelance journalist in New York and a regular contributor to The Jewish Daily Forward. She grew up in the Hasidic village of Kiryas Joel and went on to graduate from Sarah Lawrence College, where she fell in love with radio and writing. When she is not busy running after potential subjects for stories, Frimet enjoys to spend time with her husband and two children, as well as her kitchen.

Lipa Schmeltzer, the "Hasidic Lady Gaga"

Meet the Hasidic Lady Gaga

August 13, 2015Music

Lipa Schmeltzer is a Hasidic pop star, but he’s also a student at Columbia University. And his path there wasn’t an easy one given his lack of a secular education.

Frimet Goldberger grew up in a Hasidic community in New York where women are forbidden to drive. She got her license at age 23, when she left the community.

I’m a woman in America, and I wasn’t allowed to drive

January 7, 2015Belief