THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

40 Friday, December 9, 1983

Big Band star Artie Shaw
was named Arthur Ar-
shansky at birth.

Streisand's Tentl' Shows Personal Touch

By LOUISE

Fonwey Bad & Burt

(Copyright 1983, JTA, Inc.)

Barbra Streisand pro-
duced "Yentl" with tender,
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loving care and directed it
with a meticulous, flawless
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touch. (She co-wrote it,
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based on an adaptation of
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short story.) Deftly she has
woven a tapestry of music
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Understandably, every
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Yentl instills a sense of
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Jewish culture, only men
were designated as schol-
ars. The sacred books of
knowledge were solely for
them. Women were con-
fined to the arts of baking,
cleaning and cooking. They
were schooled in the prep-
aration and selection of
fresh fish, fowl or fruit.
Aside from that, their for-
mal "education" ceased to
exist.
Not so for Yentl, whose
brain was filled with a mil-
lion images — all involving
scholarly thoughts. She
envied the young male stu-
dents. Their heated,
argumentative discussions
— which ranged from the
Torah to the Talmud, from
the Mishna to the Midrash
— seemed to be pearls of
wisdom trapped beneath a

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bottomless sea!
The only one who un-
derstood her was her
learned, ever-patient
father (Nehemia Persoff).
To him, Yentl embodied
the combination of the
sweet maiden, together
with the firmness-of-
purpose, in the son he
never had. At day's end,
Yentl would close the
curtains so that she might
study with her father.
"God will understand,"
he would say, "but I'm
not so sure about the
neighbors." For in this
world of study, belonging
only to men, none could
comprehend why a girl
would want to seek out
knowledge.
Those were joyous mo-
ments for both of them as
they dissected the myriad of
commentaries and interpre-
tations of the Bible — and
the mysticism of Creation.
"The Talmud recognizes
that life is filled with con-
tradictions," was one of
their favorite topics of dis-
cussion. Their joyous mo-
ments together are short-
lived, when Yentl's beloved
father dies of tuberculosis.
Streisand confesses that
the movie is dedicated to the
father she never knew. He
died when she was only 15
months old. He was a
teacher, a scholar, a Phi
Beta Kappa, she proudly re-
lates.
Yentl leaves the small
shtetl after her father's
death. Disguised as a
yeshiva student, she be-
comes "one of the boys" and
even succeeds in gaining
admission to one of the most
respected, prestigious

Jewish schools of learning
in the town. When Yentl
meets the love of her life,
another top honor student
(played brilliantly by
Mandy Patinkin), he
doesn't see through her dis-
guise because he has eyes
only for his beautiful fian-
cee (Amy Irving).
Wise and sagacious,
Yentl realizes that she
can never fulfill the
dreams of womanhood —
at least not while she's
purporting to be a
yeshiva student. A story
of self-determination and
independence, the film
strikes a familiar chord
for those who choose to
go through life "their
way." In the film, Yentl
rationalizes that "in a
world of reason and logic
— nothing is impossible."
Likewise, Streisand
epitomizes her heroine. It
took close to 15 years to
bring this incredible film to
the screen. The more dif-
ficult things became, the
more rejection she
encountered, the more
tenacious Streisand be-
came. It started out as a
poem, a tribute to her
father. When the film was
completed — and she had
taken all the risks to see her
dream come true —
Streisand, like Yentl, had
proven that "nothing is im-
possible."
Yentl is a tug-at-the-
heart stealer all the way.
It's a charming, captivating
film not to be missed. It will
light up the viewer's mood
and brighten one's spirits,
leaving a warm glow.
(Editor's note: Two
showings of "Yentl" on

Dec. 10, scheduled by
CHAIM as a benefit for
the Holocaust Memorial
Center in West Bloom-
field, have been sold out.)

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