How were Jewish women portrayed in 19th and early 20th-century novels?

Did pioneering fiction by Jewish women writers cement or bust stereotypes?

In the Netflix hit Nobody Wants This, a handsome rabbi (Adam Brody) and a blonde non-Jewish woman (Kristen Bell) walk into a party. They fall for each other, predictably and inconveniently. The series, which I watched out of curiosity, is a confection that goes down like candy.

Yet I felt some discomfort here and there. The Jewish women characters prese…