It’s official: The newest American Girl doll is 9-year-old Rebecca Rubin, a Jewish-American girl who lives with her family on Manhattan’s Lower East Side in 1914. SAN FRANCISCO (JTA ...

T he American Girl doll, a beloved icon in the toy industry, has been capturing the hearts of children and collectors alike ...

And as of this week, in a sense, it is one. On Wednesday, American Girl released its first twin dolls, Isabel and Nicki Hoffman, who are also the first characters from an interfaith family.

That’s so cool,” Porras recalled her daughter saying when she learned about this year’s doll. Each year American Girl introduces a new “Girl of the Year” doll, complete with a background ...