Fiddler on the roof - Yenta the matchmaker

71s, "Fiddler on the roof"

[@faitheternal3015]

"A husband is not to look at, a husband is to get!" Declared by the mother with a hard face and fist in the air! Hahaha, love it!!

[@WillScarlet16]

She's probably the most flexible role in the whole show - I've seen her played by all types, short women, tall women, with higher or lower voices, even by a few men.

[@dharmacanyounot]

Im Yente in my school play! I'm so excited, love her part!

[@pennquinn7401]

Same

[@MicheleSnider_MyVirtualEnglish]

Congratulations! This is my FAVORITE musical! Have fun!

[@mamasotherdaughter4982]

Just be sure to poke your nose into everything you can, that'll make a great display of Yente!
Enjoy your play!

[@tangobango9653]

Yenta is a real Hoot. Imagine your fate left in the hands of crazy Yenta. YIKES!

[@lunettasuziejewel2080]

"From such children come other children" XD

[@wannababrit]

Oy, Molly, may your soul entertain us throughout the ages. Such a talent!

[@ladylibrum7145]

Those floppy arms as Motel comes running up to the house 😂

[@janlisahuttner8882]

No, not quite: "Yenta" is actually a respectable Yiddish name that has been used for centuries. Only since the popularity of FIDDLER has the name of this character become a synonym for the nouns "a busybody" and "a gossip." (In use: "Jan is such a Yenta.") Interesting, huh :-)

[@kylew.4896]

I thought yenta was Yiddish for an old lady

[@laurenspivack1903]

Is it racist? The word yenta?

[@timothyscheneman1689]

I’m sorry, I can’t find them

[@TajFaerie]

@@maddogship So more like Karen?

[@swordsmanthegamernine7973]

Yenta’s are still respected. Because they have all the power.

[@catherinehazur7336]

It is a fantastic character part. Wonderful monologue. Totally see the late Bea Arthur in that role. Molly Picon a classic Yiddish theater actress. Stellar casting!

[@littlemarmoset]

I'm sure that seeing such a diminutive actress in this movie playing this part has prejudiced me, but as brilliant a comedienne as Bea Arthur was, I find her larger-than-life stature too imposing for this character.

[@catherinehazur7336]

@@littlemarmoset it's a great part and Yente has one of the best stage monologues ever.......Didn't Molly Picon have that part on the LONDON stage? A renowned Yiddish theater veteran!
I totally respect your opinion, Scott, but I am glad Bea Arthur was cast in that role. The way I see it, Yente was meant to be a TYPE, a larger than life character. She used to wield a lot of influence in the shtetl community, but in the course of the play, it is drastically reduced.
Anyway, with or without Bea Arthur, it is one of the best parts ever for an older woman

[@littlemarmoset]

@@catherinehazur7336 After I wrote that, I found out that Bea Arthur *had* played the part on Broadway, so I stand corrected. I'm sure if I'd seen her Yente instead of the one in "Fiddler," I'd have raved about *that* performance. As I said, she certainly was a *brilliant* comedienne, with one of the best senses of timing I've ever experienced! Thanks for your reply. I'm sure it's a super fun part to play.

[@swampwiz]

This woman is not the one who had played "Maud", but one of the other Golden Girls.

[@timothy9434]

"No! The Czar's Tsaitel!" 😂

[@patriciaegan7244]

Always love your children. And you’re children’s children And your great children’s children, always!

[@christophermartin8685]

I love this movie.

[@-blotches-3365]

Christopher Martin same there.

[@vegaslover777]

In Yiddish Yente is not a name; it's a term for a meddling busybody, normally referring to a woman. Case in point: she opened up Hodel's letter from Perchik.

[@michaelfishman3976]

The joke is Yiddish goes "a yenta's business is yours."

[@gilian2587]

That's outstanding.

[@gilian2587]

@Rose dowling Which is made all the funnier by the rest of the context provided here. ;)

[@TomDaly943]

“Not every woman in the world is a yenta”

[@alexag8045]

I’m Golde in my school musical! Can’t wait to act as her!

[@jeffreyfuchs3208]

I love the little sisters giggling.

[@Tillysnow1]

I just got cast as Hodel and I'm so excited!

[@dorkmax7073]

So how did it go?

[@lordalessan]

Golden Girl Bea Arthur originated the role of Yenta the Broadway production. You can hear her singing in the soundtrack.

[@faithm6950]

I just got casted as yente today!! I’m so excited !

[@dolsonpa056]

"No the tzar's Tzytle of course your's" lmfao

[@TheSkandranon]

Out of all the characters in the movie, I think Yente would be the most fun to play, lol

[@Bandqueen14]

I just found out today that I will be playing Yente in my school's play this year....I'm soooo excited

[@mamasotherdaughter4982]

☺️

[@littlemarmoset]

Mazel tov!

[@Jakegothicsnake]

"Not every woman in the world is a yenta."
And praise Jehovah for that.
XD

[@Black-Swan-007]

Yahweh.

[@altarush]

Amen.

[@adriennefranco6227]

Molly Picon plays Yenta. A wonderful actress, starting I believe in the Yiddish theater and in radio theater.

[@Garrettk41]

Yente is attempting to set Lazar Wolf up with Tzeitel, but personally, I think I know a much more practical wife for Lazar: Yente herself. Anyone agree?

[@jacquevogel7634]

Yes, or someone closer to his age would be better.

[@esthernap698]

I thought that, too. 😅

[@owlixj]

It depends on what Lazar Wolf wants from a wife. If he wants a companion, Yente would be fantastic! If he wants someone to give him children (of which he doesn’t seem to have any), then someone younger would be better (from his POV, anyway).

[@user-zw8zw3zo3q]

He wanted kids!!! Not a yenta wife!!

[@angemaidment5640]

No - he wanted children.

[@TheTibmeister]

Golda sounds just like my mother. When i was 25 after one disastrous relationship, she decided, that was it, i was on the shelf. She was right. I didn’t get married until two weeks before my 40th birthday. And not for love. For convenience on both sides.

[@orirune3079]

Did the marriage work for you?

[@npvuvuzela]

I'm sorry to hear

[@dennisjk76]

I am not Yenta in my schoolplay. We didnt have schoolplays.
But sometimes, the toilets were working at my school back then...

[@jamesduggan7200]

I haven't got much Yiddish but I do know most of the song from Fiddler.

[@mamasotherdaughter4982]

I feel you...... the songs I like that are not English, I just learn the words to sing along! 😅🤗

[@steph2984]

I'm Yente in my school play! So excited (:

[@Sonleya]

I'm playing Yente at the spring.. And my Yente is not as friendly as this one.. :D oh... Can't wait!! :D

[@ruthvandermerwe956]

motel is so cute

[@tylerwhoitbe]

Here because of Desperate Housewives. I wanted to know who Yenta was.

[@nadibear146]

I need an opinion, should I audition for Yente or Chava? I'm so torn...

[@kittysflipout764]

My PERSONAL opinion would be Yente :) she's sooo funny; but it's your choice! Either one is great!

[@JeffFreemanPresents]

What ended up happening?? :)

[@jhopeslove8137]

I play yente in my school play!!

[@mikaylab_]

IM YENTE IN MY SCHOOL PLAY AND IM PSYCHED!!

[@antonfurcotte]

Wonderful!

[@smokingjoe9864]

What about the tea scene? Interesting way to make tea. Got pretty dark for just a quick pour of hot water.

[@anib.s7770]

so im a quite a goldish brown skin colour and im auditioning for the role of golde. So you think it would be silly for me to audition for this role because of the colour of my skin? and there are no brown jewish people?

[@helleri2]

Afaik, any person can be jewish, you don't have to be born into it, it's more a religious thing. Although I'm not jewish so I don't know for sure.

[@zehavitschwartz8464]

There are Jews of every ethnicity. The Jews of Europe tended to look.... European but It really doesnt matter.

[@serenityrose2594]

Judaism is a religion so it has people of all races. I wish you luck with auditioning!

[@rusty-button]

I know this was 5 years ago, but I sincerely hope you auditioned and got the part. Jews come in all shapes, sizes, and colors.

[@LaKellita]

Anyone else picturing Bea Arthur in this scene?

[@slobomotion]

Is Molly Picon Yenta here?

[@dharmacanyounot]

Yes :)

[@slobomotion]

Well ... she was ... yes.

[@maureenoneill2847]

I think Aaron may have gotten Allegheny bio lab evaluation series'

[@DarthSinistris]

Good god this lady was amazing. Fuck.

[@johncoryell]

Lazer-wolfe the butcher

[@davirhestudios]

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[@djcfrompt]

Of all the jokes and lines they cut, at least they didn't cut Yente's wit.

[@TheCandy801]

I have to play yenta in a school play but I dont want to because I don't know who she is

[@jennifervonpickartz2428]

I thank G-d for You

[@j.i.r608]

What's wrong with saying God?

[@rusty-button]

@@j.i.r608It's a show of respect. To make sure that his name is never erased, it's censored like this.

[@maureenoneill2847]

Yenta. Tho that president Biden horse kicked me to arachne Maureen. The dawn of discovery was renegotiation by our homes by Myrtle Beach Carolina's

[@bsr8255]

How the world changed nearly after a century. Now women expectations have gone up so high,boys are finding difficult to get married . This is in India.

[@colourfulwithaU]

Tevye doesn't speak like an American either.

[@lasbagman1]

Lol @ not every woman can be a Yenta ! Yenta is Jewish for gossip.

[@einatbarzilay1747]

They choose actresess with long noses as they see jewish woman. Like a caricture. But jewish weman in hollivood were allways lovely. And israeli girls are beutiful..

[@toxicstatesofamerica1277]

"And he was bald! He had no hair..." That's usually how it works, numbnuts.

[@j.i.r608]

Not all men go bald

[@Tayloroliviaturner]

Im auditioning for Yente :) Im sure to get her since the cast directer is Has been PUSHING it on me for months !! So excited :)
(( and hes been pushing Hodel, who i also like ))