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Gali Girls are Like American Girl Dolls Gone Frum

 

“What do Gali Girls got that we don’t got?” asks a vaguely BarbBFFs: Gali Girl and pal dressed as Queen EstherBFFs: Gali Girl and pal dressed as Queen Estherie-ish cartoon doll.

“Uh…clothes?” responds her sarcastic teddy bear friend.

Thus concludes the online ad for Gali Girls, a line of frum-friendly dolls for strong, independent, Jewish girls.These American Girl–esque dolls and their “looks just like me” marketability made their debut on the creepy toy scenein November 2004, but their recent mention on BuzzFeed has the whole internet wondering what the heck we’ve been missing.Did I mention the ad was created by Jewish Robot and features the music of Shlock Rock?

Each doll comes with a bio book and matching outfit, matching Magen David bracelets, a hand-painted, wooden faux Shabbat table, a fill-in birth certificate in Hebrew and English, and a suitcase filled with Shabbat candlesticks.It’s a gantseh metsieh, dahlink! Of course, there's a whole host of accessories for purchase, including a Queen Esther costume, a Shabbat kallah (Sabbath bride) dress, or for the truly progressive, a suitable pants suit.

Perhaps, like American Girl, Gali Girl will soon offer actual store locations where the female future of Judaism can enjoy kosher dining and live musicals such as Fiddler on the Roof and The Diary of a Young Girl.



 

RW


Gee

I don't really imagine the Bratz people are shaking in their boots over this one. Like all well intentioned attempts to save children from perceived negative influences, this one also seems pretty doomed.





Tzveee


Sorry but I have to ask

Any word on their anatomical correctness? "In the Divine Image" and all that. . .





sharonmgg


I'm not frum but...

These are definitely something I will look into for my daughter. I hate those Bratz dolls, and at least the Gali girls look like a real kid. One of them actually looks like my little girl!

And really, the funny little movie had me when they listed the Gali Girls' qualities: "kind and compassionate; intelligent and curious; beautiful" and something or another, it doesn't matter. As long as the values that these dolls represent aren't overly thin with creepy big heads, overly concerned with clothes and being famous, and unintelligent, then I'm sold.

The only problem is the price tage - $65.





zbird


you got to give them credit for the ad

It's so low-budget and over-the-top.  Not taking itself seriously at all. 

--Z





Helen Jupiter




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