Riv-Ellen Prell is author of Prayer and Community- The Havurah in American Judaism, winner of the National Jewish Book Award. She is currently professor of American studies at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
Gutsy and imaginative . . . convincingly engages a range of complex
issues about how men and women, Jews and gentiles, perceive one
another. --Kirkus Reviews
"While Jews and feminists have over the years repeatedly debated
whether the JAP is 'real' or not, Prell's research breaks new
ground because she examines the class anxieties underlying the
image. . . . [Fighting to Become Americans] will challenge any
reader's preconceptions about who is and is not an American and
why." --Laura Brahm, The Women's Review of Books
"Well-written and lively." --Jewish World
"A definitive and fascinating history of the complex relationships
between Jewish men and women in the twentieth century." --George
Cohen, Booklist
"[S]hows how the stereotypes we accept and create about ourselves
mirror our anxieties in American society. . . . [Prell's] analyses
are telling and original." --Ruth F. Brin, St. Paul Pioneer Press
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