Emphasis Preaching Journal

In the movie Yentl, Barbra Streisand not only was the star, she also was the producer and director. It is a story of a young Jewish girl growing up in Eastern Europe around the turn of the century. The girl is very devoted to her father, and he to her. The father has a great knowledge of the Talmud, which all rabbis must know to interpret the law. Girls or women were not permitted to study the Talmud at that time and in that place. Knowing Yentl`s search for knowledge, her father used to close the shutte