“Y-LOVE”— Orthodox Jewish Hip Hop

Amos ♦ July 12, 2012 ♦ Leave Your Comment

“Y-Love“

Orthodox Jewish Hip Hop

Amos Lassen

Coming soon is a new documentary by Caleb Heller, “Y-Love”. Y-Love is the “premier Orthodox Jewish entity in hip hop.” Raised in inner-city Baltimore, Yitz Jordan became fascinated with Judaism as a child, attended Yeshiva in his teens and endured a short-lived arranged marriage to a Yiddish speaking woman who didn’t think he was religious enough. Music is the medium through which Y-Love connects to his faith; he seems most at ease spouting rhymes on a Jerusalem stage, surrounded by adoring, religious fans. This documentary paints a poignant portrait of a perennial outsider: a Black, Jewish, gay orphan searching for a home.