Tefillin Barbie

Tefillin Barbie

Tefillin Barbie is a creation of Jen Taylor Friedman. It is a Mattel Barbie doll wearing a tallit and tefillin. She 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 featured on [http://www.jewschool.com Jew School] , [http://www.jewlicious.com Jewlicious] , BoingBoing, in the Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, on Ritualwell, Lilith Magazine, New Voices, the London Jewish Chronicle, The Jewish Advocate, the Philadelphia Jewish Voice, and the [http://www.njjewishnews.com/ New Jersey Jewish News] .

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External links

*http://www.geniza.net/bar/barbie.shtml
*http://jewschool.com/?p=11332
*http://www.thejewishadvocate.com/this_weeks_issue/columnists/fasman/?content_id=2177
*http://www.jewlicious.com/?p=2789
*http://www.boingboing.net/2006/10/22/orthodox_jewish_pray.html


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