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She’s Jewish! She’s Controversial! She’s 18 inches Tall!

Posted by Rose Schwartz on May 27, 2009 in Links, Rants | 3 comments

Rebecca Rubin is the first (openly) Jewish American Girl doll and an 18-inch tall controversy. We always secretly thought that Molly was the Jewish one, but now the wildly successful American Girl has released an official Jewish doll. Our inner 11-year-old girls are simply plotzing. Does this mean all the others must be Christian by default? How do dolls have religions anyway? Are they like that of animals, even though they have human features? Do they pray? To the same god as their owner or to...