Kosher Barbies | Imamother

jewgal84

Thu, Nov 10 2005, 11:07 am

> Mattel Announces New Jewish Barbie Line
>
> EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA - [TheKnish.com] In an effort to prop up lagging
> sales for their Barbie doll and Ken doll line, Mattel has targeted the
> little Jewish girl market with Barbie dolls that reflect Jewish culture.
>
> Kollel Barbie comes with several jobs as her accessories and a tummy that
> inflates and deflates in nine month cycles. Kollel Ken comes with a bench
> to sit on and a table to put his gemara on. Ken's head fits perfectly
> into the contours of the gemara accessory and is equipped to drool and
> snore away the day while Barbie tends to the babies and her 17 jobs.
>
> Hasidic Barbie comes with permanent stockings and is bald, but you'll
> never know because it's covered with a state-of-the-art shpitzel and
> pillbox hat. Hasidic Ken comes with downward-looking eyes because he's
> not allowed to look at other dolls.
>
> Yeshivish Barbie comes with 84 snoods, 174 hats, 24 non-Indian hair
> sheitels and one tichel that allows her hair to show a bit when she's
> feeling naughty. Yeshivish Ken comes with one suit, one crumpled hat, and
> one pair of tzitzis that drag on the ground.
>
> Modern Barbie comes with pants, plus a helmet and body armor to protect
> her from the stones thrown at her by ultra-orthodox Ken dolls that come
> with the Meah Shearim playset.
>
> Upper West Side Barbie comes with 74 single Ken dolls she considers
> friends because she doesn't think of them "that way." Little does she
> know that 37 of the Ken dolls have like this totally huge crush on her.
> She also comes with Kleenexes to wipe away the tears that she sheds every
> time Skipper reminds her that "Friends" is over.
>
> These new dolls, with their controversial accessories, did not go
> uncontested. Several organizations, including the Anti Defamation Kollel
> League, the Anti Defamation Hasidic League, the Anti Defamation Yeshivish
> League, the Anti Defamation Modern League and the Anti Defamation Upper
> West Side League have voiced concern over the stereotypes these dolls
> represent.
>
> In a press release, Mattel said, "Tough noogies, just WAIT till we come
> out with Nidah Barbie, we KNOW that's gonna push some buttons!"