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

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.

Like all American Girl dolls, the unvailing of Rebecca Rubin comes with a set of historically-based stories. Rebecca of course faces the trials and tribulations as well as the joys of her time. She's is a 9-year-old girl living on the Lower East Side in 1914 with her Russian-Jewish immigrant parents, siblings and a grandmother known only as Bubbie. She goes on New York adventures, speaks out for labor rights, and celebrates Chanukah.

Aparently, there is already some sort of contraversy. We guess as they launched Rebecca, they got rid of Victorian-era Orphan Samantha? Little gentiles all over are pissed, but not everyone is taking it out out on poor Rebecca.

The end of that video is terrifying and awesome.

We're sure in a few weeks the cattyness will calm down, and Rebecca will be playing (played with) side by side with all the other American Girls, from Addy the freed slave to Julie the hippie.

Girls will be girls.



We can't help wonder what Gali Girls is going to do now?