Fighting to Become Americans: Assimilation and the Trouble Between Jewish Women and Jewish Men
- ISBN-10
- 0807036331
- ISBN-13
- 9780807036334
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 319
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Author
- Riv-Ellen Prell
Description
Argues that stereotypes of Jewish women originated with Jewish men anxious about cultural assimilation
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