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| - Yentl is the daughter of a rabbi who grows up in an Ashkenazi Jewish community in 19th century Poland. Her father has secretly educated her in the Torah, although he was prohibited from educating the women of his community. When her father suddenly dies, Yentl assumes the identity of her deceased brother Anshel and goes to the city to study in a yeshiva. There she meets and befriends a fellow student named Avgidor. Avgidor reveals that he was engaged to a young woman named Haddas, however, the wedding was called off because Haddas' family discovered that Avgidor's brother commited suicide.
- Yentl is a play by Leah Napolin and Isaac Bashevis Singer. Based on Singer's short story "Yentl the Yeshiva Boy," it centers on a young girl who defies tradition by discussing and debating Jewish law and theology with her rabbi father. When he dies, she cuts her hair, dresses as a man, and sets out to find a yeshiva where she can continue to study Talmud and live secretly as a male named Anshel. When her study partner Avigdor discovers the truth, Yentl's assertions that she is "neither one sex nor the other" and has "the soul of a man in the body of a woman" suggest the character is undergoing a gender identity crisis, especially when she opts to remain living as Anshel for the rest of her life.
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| - Yentl is the daughter of a rabbi who grows up in an Ashkenazi Jewish community in 19th century Poland. Her father has secretly educated her in the Torah, although he was prohibited from educating the women of his community. When her father suddenly dies, Yentl assumes the identity of her deceased brother Anshel and goes to the city to study in a yeshiva. There she meets and befriends a fellow student named Avgidor. Avgidor reveals that he was engaged to a young woman named Haddas, however, the wedding was called off because Haddas' family discovered that Avgidor's brother commited suicide. Yentl finds herself becoming a substitute bridegroom for Haddas instead. Although Haddas finds herself becoming attracted to "Anshel", Yentl does not have to worry about consumating the marriage because Haddas is still in love with Avgidor. Yentl reveals to Avgidor that she is really a woman and he briefly falls in love with her. However, the movie ends with Haddas and Avgidor being reunited and Yentl leaving Poland for the Unites States, where she will be free to pursue religious studies as herself, without having to pretend to be a man.
- Yentl is a play by Leah Napolin and Isaac Bashevis Singer. Based on Singer's short story "Yentl the Yeshiva Boy," it centers on a young girl who defies tradition by discussing and debating Jewish law and theology with her rabbi father. When he dies, she cuts her hair, dresses as a man, and sets out to find a yeshiva where she can continue to study Talmud and live secretly as a male named Anshel. When her study partner Avigdor discovers the truth, Yentl's assertions that she is "neither one sex nor the other" and has "the soul of a man in the body of a woman" suggest the character is undergoing a gender identity crisis, especially when she opts to remain living as Anshel for the rest of her life. After eleven previews, the Broadway production, directed by Robert Kalfin, opened on October 23, 1975 at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, where it ran for 223 performances. The cast included Tovah Feldshuh, John Shea, and Lynn Ann Leveridge.
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