Tefillin Barbie

Tefillin Barbie is a creation of Jen Taylor Friedman, first produced in 2006. It is a Mattel Barbie doll wearing a tallit and tefillin. Tefillin Barbie has also been depicted as reading from a Sefer Torah, holding said Torah aloft in the performance of Hagbaha, holding a siddur, and studying a volume of Talmud.

Tefillin Barbie has been the subject of articles in the Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, Lilith Magazine, the London Jewish Chronicle, the New Jersey Jewish News, and The Forward.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Michal Lando, "The First Soferet", The Jerusalem Post, October 2, 2007.
2. ^ "Why the Tefillin Barbie Minyan Gives Me the Creeps", Forward, accessed 6 August 2023
3. ^ "Tefillin Barbie: Considering Gender and Ritual Garb", Jewish Women's Archive, accessed 6 August 2023
4. ^ "It's a Barbie Mitzvah", The Jewish Chronicle, November 2, 2006, accessed 6 August 2023
5. ^ Welcome Barbie! An Interview with Tefillin Barbie’s Creator, Museum of the Jewish People, 25 June 2018, accessed 6 August 2023
6. ^ Way before icon Barbie got the Hollywood treatment, she was ‘born’ with Jewish roots, The Times of Israel, 6 June 2023, accessed 6 August 2023
7. ^ A Cultural History of Jewish Dress, Eric Silverman, A & C Black, pub. 2013, ISBN 9780857852090, p. 146–148
8. ^ Meet the Feminist Torah Scribe Behind Tefillin Barbie, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Zachary Solomon, 11 January 2016, accessed 6 August 2023
9. ^ Teffilin Barbie and Burqa Barbie: What does it mean to dress dolls?, Jewish Women's Archive, Alma Heckman, accessed 6 August 2023

## Further reading[edit]

* Randi Sherman, "Barbie On The Bima?"[permanent dead link], The Jewish Week, February 23, 2007.
* Jenna Weissman Joselit, "Between Us Girls", The Forward, March 2, 2007.

## External links[edit]

* Hasoferet.com: Tefillin Barbie
* Photo Album

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