Yentl the Yeshiva boy

Format:

Book

Title:

Yentl the Yeshiva boy

Uniform Title:

Yenṭl der Yeshive-boḥer. English

Author:

Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991, author.

ISBN:

9780374293482

9780374293475

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1983.

Physical Description:

58 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

General Note:

"The text of this book was set in Emerson Monotype by A. Colish, Inc. The book was designed by Antonio Frasconi, printed by Rembrandt Press, Inc., and bound by A. Horowitz and Sons"--Colophon.

Limited edition of 450 numbered copies, signed by Singer and Frasconi.

Summary:

Originally published in Yiddish as Yenṭl der yeshive-boḥer in the newspaper Goldene keyt in 1963 and English as a story in Short Friday. At the death of her father, Yentl cuts her hair, dresses as a young man, and sets out to study at a yeshiva.

Subject(s):

Jews -- Juvenile fiction.

Jewish women -- Juvenile fiction.

Sex role -- Religious aspects.

Gender identity -- Juvenile fiction.

Passing (Identity) -- Juvenile fiction.

Disguise -- Juvenile fiction.

Yeshivas -- Juvenile fiction.

Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.

Man-woman relationships -- Juvenile fiction.

Talmud Torah (Judaism) -- Juvenile fiction.

Ethics -- Juvenile fiction.

Love.

Jews -- Fiction.

Jewish women -- Education -- Fiction.

Talmud Torah (Judaism) -- Fiction.

Disguise -- Fiction.

Passing (Identity) -- Fiction.

Yeshivas -- Fiction.

Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.

Genre:

Added Author:

Frasconi, Antonio, 1919-2013,

Added Author (alt. graph.):

בשביס-זינגר, יצחק, 1904-1991.

Added Corporate Author:

Farrar, Straus, and Giroux,

Rembrandt Press,

A. Horowitz & Sons,

A. Colish, Inc.,

Holds:

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Library	Call Number	Status
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Summary

Standards provide learning targets for students and the result of assessments help make data-driven instructional decisions. In this anthology education experts address the following topics in the context of impacting student learning • performance assessments • frequent assessments in mathematics • connecting science standards and assessments • common formative assessments for English language learners • standards and assessments contexts and applications • assessments for literacy learning • disciplinary literacy and deep understanding • effective grading practices • assessing the 21st century learner.

Author Notes

Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904-91) was the author of many novels, stories, children's books, and memoirs. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978.

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Booklist Review

An orphaned young woman who longs to study at a yeshiva disguises herself as a man in order to continue her work. (Ja 15 84)