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.
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