"A Jewish Feminine Mystique? succeeds admirably in expanding scholarship on postwar American Jewish women."
(Journal of American History) "Although no one volume can fill the 'gaping hole' in scholarship about Jewish women in the postwar years, the editors and contributors have made a valiant first effort. Recommended."
(Choice) "A fascinating anthology. For readers who relish the joy of reading Jewish and American history, this book will be a delight."
(Jewish Book World) "A Jewish Feminine Mystique? succeeds in describing the complex roles of Jewish women in the time of Betty Friedan and the rise of the second wave feminist movement in America. This book provides a rich chorus of voices, further proving that whatever the lives of Jewish women in the American postwar period were, they weren't simple."
(Lilith) "The essays in this fine collection help to revise our understanding of Jewish women and the feminine mystique. Jewish women were affected by the pervasive folk myths of the 1950s, but, like Friedan, they were hardly defined by the feminine mystique; they were too busy starting revolutions."
(Hadassah Magazine) "This engaging anthology presents a range of historical cases where the lives of Jewish women in postwar America diverged from the norm of the 1950s suburban housewife."
(Journal of American Ethnic History) "A marvelously fresh look at Jewish women in the post war period. This volume of collected essays deeply enriches our understanding of the varied experiences of Jewish women in the 1950s. Reading this volume will forever transform the way the reader thinks about Jewish women, female power, and the pervasive influence of gender."
- Shuly Schwartz (Jewish Theological Seminary) "A Jewish Feminine Mystique? succeeds admirably in expanding scholarship on postwar American Jewish women."
(Journal of American History) "Although no one volume can fill the 'gaping hole' in scholarship about Jewish women in the postwar years, the editors and contributors have made a valiant first effort. Recommended."
(Choice) "A fascinating anthology. For readers who relish the joy of reading Jewish and American history, this book will be a delight."
(Jewish Book World) "A Jewish Feminine Mystique? succeeds in describing the complex roles of Jewish women in the time of Betty Friedan and the rise of the second wave feminist movement in America. This book provides a rich chorus of voices, further proving that whatever the lives of Jewish women in the American postwar period were, they weren't simple."
(Lilith) "The essays in this fine collection help to revise our understanding of Jewish women and the feminine mystique. Jewish women were affected by the pervasive folk myths of the 1950s, but, like Friedan, they were hardly defined by the feminine mystique; they were too busy starting revolutions."
(Hadassah Magazine) "This engaging anthology presents a range of historical cases where the lives of Jewish women in postwar America diverged from the norm of the 1950s suburban housewife."
(Journal of American Ethnic History) "A marvelously fresh look at Jewish women in the post war period. This volume of collected essays deeply enriches our understanding of the varied experiences of Jewish women in the 1950s. Reading this volume will forever transform the way the reader thinks about Jewish women, female power, and the pervasive influence of gender."
- Shuly Schwartz (Jewish Theological Seminary)
