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THE PATH is sometimes just the crazy places my mind goes\u2026.
\n***
\nIn a surprising twist, the most iconic W.A.S.P. (White Anglo Saxon Princess) has been outted as Jewish. Barbie, the best-selling doll spanning eight decades, seems as surprised as her fans.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never knew my mother was Jewish,\u201d states the OG (Original Gentile) Barbie. \u201cI never had a Bat Mitzvah. And we celebrated Christmas at the Dream House.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cRuth Handler, a Jewish businesswoman, created Barbie. Having a Jewish foremother makes her Jewish,\u201d the president of the Anti-Defamation Bowling League explains, \u201cYes, Barbie can have a Bat Mitzvah even at sixty-four. According to the rule of matrilineal descent, anyone with a Jewish mother is considered Jewish. Barbie looking like a shiksa, though, with her smooth flowing blonde hair and perky nose, is offensive.\u201d<\/p>\n

When pointed out that the Yiddish word \u201cshiksa\u201d can be offensive, along with talk about noses, the president was suddenly not available for comment.<\/p>\n

Based on push-back from the Jewish community, with cries of, \u201cOy, vey! No way! We\u2019re not going to be appropri-hated,\u201d Mattel has agreed to make a substantial \u201cgift\u201d to the state of Israel, as well as creating a rabbinically authenticated Jewish Barbie.<\/p>\n

In a statement from Mattel, a company representative said, \u201cWe simply didn\u2019t know. We wish to make amends to the Jewish people and make this right by giving Barbie her long overdue Bat Mitzvah.\u201d<\/p>\n

Barbiegate has ruffled the feathers of anti-Semites everywhere.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t need to know what a Bat Mitzvah is to hate it,\u201d said one, clutching Roller Skating Barbie to her tube top where BARBIE FOREVER was bedazzled in sequins. \u201cNow they\u2019re worshipping bats? No way Barbie is Jewish! Just more fake news from the Jewish Intellectual Mafia. We can prove Barbie being Jewish is a Zionist plot.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked to elucidate, she was available for comment, none of which we can print.<\/p>\n

In addition to producing a clearly Jewish doll, Mattel has secured Taylor Swift\u2014an actual iconic shiksa\u2014to kick off the doll\u2019s release at her special Eras concert in Brooklyn, New York. In an homage to the first Barbie\u2019s 1959 birth date, Ms. Swift will appear onstage next to a life-size special edition Jewish Barbie, both in matching 1950\u2019s poodle skirts.<\/p>\n

Ms. Swift will be lowered onto the stage swinging on a humongous Jewish Star wearing a wig that\u2019s an explosion of dark curls in solidarity with Jewish women everywhere. A female rabbi will then officiate special edition Barbie\u2019s Bat Mitzvah, a rite-of-passage denied to her fore-sisters.<\/p>\n

When asked to comment about all the challahbaloo over Barbie being Bat Mitzvahed at her concert in front of gazillions of fans, Ms. Swift said she was writing a song dedicated to Jewish Barbies everywhere roughly titled, \u201cShake It Off, Non-Shiksa, Sista.\u201d<\/p>\n

When pointed out that shiksa can be an offensive term, Ms. Swift replied, \u201cSince I am one, I can use it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The line of Jewish Barbies will number ten to represent the Ten Tribes of Judah, with a feminist pivot from ten sons to ten daughters. The first three Jewish Barbies\u2014available in time for Christmas\u2014are:<\/p>\n

Bat Mitzvah Barbie<\/strong>: To keep the long-suppressed tradition moving forward, Mattel will launch the series with Bat Mitzvah Barbie. Comes with removable head gear and her own chair to be hoisted on and carried around the temple hall over the guests\u2019 heads by the strong hands and arms of Ash-KEN-azi dolls (release date unknown).<\/em><\/p>\n

Jewfro Barbie<\/strong>: Hair that expands in the humidity of a southern summer or year-round in the bathroom during a long, hot shower after reading, \u201cAre You There, G-d? It\u2019s Me, Jewish Barbie.\u201d Includes a mini flat iron and gold guilt coins for prizing original Barbie\u2019s hair over their own.<\/em><\/p>\n

Kosher Barbie<\/strong>: Created to combat the trope that Jewish women can\u2019t cook; they just make reservations. Dream House (sold separately) comes with two kitchens and two sets of dishes. Includes a white chef\u2019s hat, stickers to mark dairy and meat dishes, and a menu from Jews-Eat-Here-on-Christmas-Day Chinese Buffet.<\/em><\/p>\n

Protests are already planned around the nation for the doll\u2019s release, including simultaneous book burnings in front of public libraries and bookstores.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst Jews took over Hollywood, and look where that\u2019s getting them,\u201d tweeted XX, the Grand Poohbah of Haters Gonna Hate, Hate, Hate Anonymous. \u201cAnd now this? A doll I wouldn\u2019t let into my house, let alone my daughter\u2019s hands. H.A. patriots will be tossing that plastic abomination into the fires of hell, along with every book ever written by a Jew including Catch Twenty-Jew.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked what they make of all the fuss, no one at Mattel was available for comment.<\/p>\n

Neither was Barbie\u2019s maker, Mrs. Handler, who is presumed dead and rolling in her grave.<\/p>\n

Special edition Jewish Barbie was spotted in Barbados lounging on the beach in her iconic black and white striped bathing suit, an alleged Bat Mitzvah present from Ryan Gosling.<\/p>\n

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