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Yentl is a 1983 American romantic musical drama film directed, co-written, co-produced by, and starring American entertainer Barbra Streisand. It is based on Isaac Bashevis Singer 's short story "Yentl the Yeshiva Boy".
Yentl is a play by Leah Napolin and Isaac Bashevis Singer . Based on Singer's short story "Yentl the Yeshiva Boy" published in 1962, it centers on a young woman 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 ...
Yentl may refer to: A variant of Yenta. Yentl the Yeshiva Boy, short story by Isaac Bashevis Singer in Short Friday and Other Stories (1963) Yentl (play), 1975 play by Leah Napolin and Isaac Bashevis Singer based on the short story. Yentl (film), 1983 American film based on the short story. Yentl (soundtrack), 1983 soundtrack album to the film.
Yentl is a soundtrack album to the film of the same name by American singer Barbra Streisand. It was released on November 8, 1983, by Columbia Records . [ 1 ] The album was produced by Streisand and Alan and Marilyn Bergman , and arranged and conducted by Michel Legrand .
The Yentl syndrome is the different course of action that heart attacks usually follow for women than for men. This is a problem because much of medical research has focused primarily on symptoms of male heart attacks, and many women have died due to misdiagnosis because their symptoms present differently. The name is taken from the 1983 film ...
Yenta or Yente (Yiddish: יענטע) is a Yiddish woman's given name. It is a variant form of the name Yentl (Yiddish: יענטל), which ultimately is thought to be derived from the Italian word gentile, meaning 'noble' or 'refined'. [1][2] The name has entered American English only in the form yenta in the senses of "meddler, busybody ...
Singer's story, "Yentl, the Yeshiva Boy" was adapted into a stage version by Leah Napolin (with Singer), which was the basis for the film Yentl (1983) starring and directed by Barbra Streisand. Alan Arkin starred as Yasha, the principal character in the film version of The Magician of Lublin (1979), which also featured Shelley Winters , Louise ...
David Feldshuh (brother) Noah Feldshuh (nephew) Terri Sue "Tovah" Feldshuh (born December 27, 1948) [1] is an American actress, singer, and playwright. She has been a Broadway star for fifty years, earning four Tony Award nominations. She has also received two Emmy Award nominations for Holocaust and Law & Order, and appeared in such films as A ...