Old Jewish Rabbi The Jewish Mystic

In Alessandro Paolo Perucci's touching young girl's coming of age, "Evelyn My Jewish Princess," the Old Jewish Rabbi is left unnamed but he officiates in some capacity throughout the novel. He spares intellectually with then eleven year old Evelyn Horowitz (Mrs. Sternheim) who thinks that he as a man has misjudged the capacity of women to be more than just caretakers of children. The Old Jewish Rabbi keeps a a watchful eye over Evelyn's daughter Little Evelyn Sternheim the tomboy who awaits the return of her U.S. Army nurse mother.

Gertrude Studenmeiner the Street Smart Jewish Girl

Street smart and boy crazy Gertrude Studenmeiner is a very poor jewish girl living in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Thinking Evelyn Sternheim a stuck up rich girl, she teases the tomboy as "Evelyn My Jewish Princess," which is where the title of the novel derives. She is several years older than Evelyn. Gertrude lives with her jewish mother who is an out of work janitress struggling to get by.

Benji Sternheim the Cute Little Naive Jewish Boy

Benjamin Sternheim, Jr. or Benji from Alessandro Paolo Perucci's "Evelyn My Jewish Princess" is the baby brother of the protagonist Evelyn Sternheim, the heroine character in the novel. He is a spirited young boy who loves to play war. His favorite people are The Fighting Brooklyns fighter pilots, Jinx Falkenburg the actress who he has a crush on, and of course his mother, Lt. Evelyn Sternheim (Mrs. Sternheim) who is the U.S. Army Nurse serving overseas in Europe. Benji is the comic relief in this story. He always has something funny to say much like his big sister Little Evelyn Sternheim. In the beginning of the novel we find out that Benji thinks of his mother more of a soldier than a nurse. He asks his big sister Evelyn if his mother has access to military weapons such as a tank or grenade. She replies no that their mother didn't use those personally because she was a nurse and was responsible for saving lives. The young jewish boy responds, "..Tell Mama to get a grenade... it will be better than spending her time coddling a bunch of babies who need bandages." As always every detail that happens in Brooklyn is sent via a carefully written letter to her mother overseas who along with other U.S. Army nurses and a commanding officer laugh at her son's naivete.

The Fighting Brooklyns: Harry, Johnny, and Edgar

In Alessandro Paolo Perucci's "Evelyn My Jewish Princess" three heroic fighter pilots from Brooklyn onboard the USS Yorktown are adored by young boys in Brooklyn and cheered by young girls in love with them. They are the triplet sons of widowed jewish mother Mildred Rabinowitz. These three Navy pilots fly the F6F Hellcats. Their motto is: "All for one, one for all. And everything for Miss Brooklyn." The three pilots are featured prominently in "Evelyn My Jewish Princess" as heroes of World War II.  The narrator of the story,  Evelyn Sternheim says that their skill is legendary. At one point in the novel the Fighting Brooklyns are fashioned into popular war toys that the young Benji plays with.