Rebecca Rubin, the newest American Girl doll, is Jewish. More specifically, she's the first-generation daughter of Russian immigrants, a nine-year-old growing up in the Lower East ...

As one of 12 historical dolls in the active lineup of historical American Girls, Rebecca was the first American Girl doll with a Jewish story when she came on the scene in 2009. (This spring ...

Both the 7-year-old Orange County resident and Rebecca Rubin – the first Jewish doll in American Girl’s historical character line – have softly curled light brown hair with amber highlights ...

And the American Girl dolls themselves aren’t all blonde, blue-eyed and button-nosed. There are also dolls who are Native American, African American, Hispanic…and now, Jewish. Rebecca Rubin is a ...

Rebecca joins 14 other historical dolls in the series — from Kaya, a Nez Perce girl set in 1764, to African-American Addy, a Civil War doll, to World War II-era Molly, part of an Irish immigrant ...

American Girl's newest Jewish doll, Rebecca Rubin, has same name as FBI wanted poster for eco-terrorist indicted in fire-bombings of Oregon energy plant.

Rebecca Rubin, an American Girl doll released in 2009, tells the story of Jewish immigration to the United States. Courtesy of Museum of Jewish Heritage. By Irene Katz Connelly December 7, 2023.

I spoke to Stephan Brumberg, a professor of education and history at Brooklyn College in New York, who consulted with the brand on the Rebecca doll. There was a six-year gap between his work with ...