Yentl
Barcode: 58965604
Call Number: D-International Jewry
Material Type: Video -Digital
Time: 134 min.
Date: 1983
Language: English
Creator: Directed by Barbra Streisand
Description: The role of women in Judaism is an issue that has become the focus of considerable attention in recent years, but it has always been a source of frustration for some. Yentl, directed by and starring Barbra Streisand, tells the story of a determined and resourceful Jewish girl who wants to study the Torah. However, in the traditional society in which she lives, in Eastern Europe at the turn of the century, girls are forbidden Torah study. So Yentl masquerades as a boy, and gains entrance to a Yeshiva, where she learns much about her religion and herself. Based on a story by Isaac Bashevis Singer, this movie explores the limits that religion can place on people, and questions the wisdom of exclusion and separation by showing how a person can find fulfillment and love by ignoring the constraints of social convention.
Subjects: International Jewry
Collection: Martin Salinger Resource Collection