Yentl/Anshel
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Yentl is a woman living in an Ashkenazi shtetl named Pechev [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.
Directed by Barbra Streisand. With Barbra Streisand, Amy Irving, Mandy Patinkin and Steven Hill.Yentl Blu-ray : https://amzn.to/40JfoFbYentl Streaming : http...
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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.
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- Drama, Musical, Romance
- Barbra Streisand
- 1984-01-06
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 school, and...
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- Barbra Streisand
- PG
- Barbra Streisand
Roger Ebert. December 9, 1983. 4 min read. To give you a notion of the special magic of “Yentl,” I’d like to start with the following complicated situation: Yentl, a young Jewish girl, wants to be a scholar. But girls are not permitted to study books.
Yentl is a Jewish girl who disguises herself as a boy to study the Talmud in Eastern Europe. She falls in love with Avigdor, who is engaged to Hadass, and faces a dilemma of identity and desire.
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.
