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.