Comments on: What The Rebecca Rubin Doll Means For Real Jewish American Girls

By: Outing Jon Stewart [Leibowitz] | Ypulse

Outing Jon Stewart [Leibowitz] | Ypulse — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:30:42 +0000

[...] identity despite his choice of an assimilated "stage name." Just as Meredith recently wrote about the power of the first Jewish "American Girl" doll for tweens, I actually believe that someone as influential as Jon Stewart could have an impact on Jewish [...]

By: anastasia

anastasia — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:56:53 +0000

Hi Janet — Just to clarify: the posts were by two different writers with different perspectives. This one was from Meredith Sires, our managing editor. The Tiana post was written by Meg Reid who is on our Youth Advisory Board. I appreciate your comments and welcome differing opinions both in our comments and from the different voices we publish on the site.

By: Janet

Janet — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:13:48 +0000

I applaud this doll from American Girls. I love their whole collection and find this one particularly adorable – that outfit and hair are too cute! However, why is it that this article say that American Girls should be given credit for their effort even though it may not be perfect and that “Yes, some will say that the doll is a token gesture by the company and clearly Rebecca will not represent every Jewish girl in America.” but your previous article regarding the Black Princess Tiana in Disney’s Princess and the Frog does nothing but fault Disney for having it not be perfect? No, Disney does not use Tiana to respresent every black girl in the world, but if they tried to do that – it would be a mess. They should be given credit for their effort because if you fault someone for making a step forward, why should they keep trying? People get upset when Disney doesn’t have a Black Princess, and they get upset when they do. Also, one cannot cite Dumbo as being proof of Disney being insensitive because that was a different time – was it right? No, but it was socially acceptable in 1941. Lots of people did lots of things that were ok then, but would never be so today. I’m sorry, but this is a very sensitive subject for me, and yes, I am black.