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Yentl is a woman living in an Ashkenazi shtetl named Yanev [ 3 ] in Poland in 1904. Yentl's father, Reb Mendel (“Papa”), secretly instructs her in the Talmud despite the proscription of such study by women according to the custom of her community. Yentl refuses to be married off to a man. After the death of her father, Yentl decides to cut ...
“Yentl” is a movie with a great middle. The beginning is too heavy-handed in establishing the customs against women scholars (an itinerant book salesman actually shouts, “Serious books for men … picture books for women”).
Yentl: Directed by Barbra Streisand. With Barbra Streisand, Mandy Patinkin, Amy Irving, Nehemiah Persoff. A Jewish girl disguises herself as a boy to enter religious training.
- (16K)
- Drama, Musical, Romance
- Barbra Streisand
- 1984-01-06
Yentl. PG Released Dec 9, 1983 2h 14m Musical CTA List. 69% Tomatometer 78 Reviews 75% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings. Rebbe Mendel is a single father who teaches the Talmud, a sacred text of Judaism ...
- (78)
- Barbra Streisand
- PG
- Barbra Streisand
YENTL (Barbra Streisand), a young Jewish woman in Eastern Europe at the turn of the 20th century, finds the traditional role for women in her culture unacceptable. Rather than living a submissive life as a homemaker, mother, and right hand to a husband, Yentl has a thirst for knowledge, for debate, for the study of Talmud, and for a life of the mind.
- Barbra Streisand
- Renee Schonfeld
- Amy Irving, Barbra Streisand, Mandy Patinkin
Dec 20, 2023 · Yentl, the story of a woman who disguises herself as a man to pursue her dream of a Talmudic education, was a pioneering film for director and star Barbra Streisand, who became the first woman to ...
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Rebbe Mendel is a single father who teaches the Talmud, a sacred text of Judaism, to the boys of his small Polish town. Behind closed doors, he also instructs his daughter, Yentl, despite the fact that girls are forbidden to study religious scripture. When Yentl's father dies, she still has a strong desire to learn about her faith -- so she disguises herself as a male, enrolls in a religious ...
