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Article: Jewish doll debuts American Girl creates 10th in line of historical characters
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- July 13, 2009
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When Rabbi Shari Shamah learned about Rebecca Rubin, the latest
addition to the popular American Girl doll lineup, she e-mailed her
husband, pleading, "Can I have another one?"
The couple's 5-year-old daughter, Haley, already owns a Samantha
doll, whose curly dark hair and fair skin vaguely resemble the
child.
But Rebecca is special and reflects Haley in a way that's so much
more important to Shamah than appearance.
Rebecca is the first of the American Girl historical characters
who is Jewish. A fictional child of Russian immigrants, her
accompanying books describe the struggles of a family trying to find
its place in America while holding onto its religious traditions.
"I like that for ...