The creators of Barbie were a nice Jewish couple, and then Rhonda Lieberman had a column in Artforum called Jewish Barbie which discussed this irony; where was Jewish Barbie? We had Asian and African American Barbie, but no nice jewish girl lighting the shabbat candles.....

Now we have one, tefillin and the whole megillah, but please credit Rhonda Lieberman for having raised the issue, (plus, she made chanel menorahs and matzah lamps, wadda heroine) credit where credits due (jew)

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