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:'"Rebecca" redirects here. For the doll, see [[Rebecca Rubin (doll)]].

{{Infobox character
|name = Rebecca Rubin
|image = <tabber>
BeForever = [[File:RebeccaBFlogo.png|250px]]|-|
Classic = [[File:Rebeccalogo.png|250px]]
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|imagewidth = 250px
|fullname = Rebecca Rubin
|nickname = Beckie
|born = April 4, 1905<ref>In ''[[Rebecca and the Movies]]'', Rebecca and Rose are out on a Saturday afternoon during Passover. Rebecca says her birthday is the next day--Sunday. Passover in 1915 was from Tuesday, March 30 to Tuesday, April 6th by the Gregorian calendar [http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/custom.html?year=1915&country=1&cols=3&hol=16409&df=1 in 1915]. The only Sunday in that time frame is the 4th of April. Her birthday was later formally confirmed by American Girl.</ref>
|serieslocation = New York City, New York
|timeline = September 1914 - Autumn 1916
|firstappearance = ''[[Meet Rebecca]]''; ''[[The Sound of Applause]]''; [[Rebecca: The Sound of Applause]]''
|father = [[Louis Rubin]]
|mother = [[Vera Rubin]]
|uncle = [[Jacob Rubin]]
|aunt = [[Fannie Rubin]]
|siblings = [[Sadie and Sophie Rubin]] 
[[Victor Rubin]] 
[[Benny Rubin]]
|cousin = [[Josef Rubin]]
[[Michael Rubin]] 
[[Ana Rubin]] 
[[Max Shepard]]
|grandparents = [[Minor Characters in Rebecca's Series#Bubbie Shereshevsky|Bubbie Shereshevsky]] 
[[Minor Characters in Rebecca's Series#Grandpa Shereshevsky|Grandpa Shereshevsky]]
|friends = [[Rose Krensky]]
}}
'''Rebecca Rubin''' is the tenth [[Historical Characters|Historical Character]], representing early twentieth-century America during the second wave of European immigration and Jewish-American culture. Rebecca was released in '''2009''' and was part of the [[BeForever]] collection.

==Personality==

Rebecca--nicknamed "Beckie" by her family--is a middle child in a Russian-Jewish Immigrant family; specifically, her family are Ashkenazi Jewish. Her mother Vera and maternal grandparents immigrated from Russia, as did her father Louis and his parents; Rebecca and her siblings were born in the US. Rebecca's family keep multiple ties to their Jewish faith and Russian heritage; they rest on the Sabbath, celebrate Jewish holidays, and Rebecca knows the tale of Clever Karina enough to recite it as a performance. However due to needs in America, there are compromises her family makes to assimilate, such as her father opening up his shop on the Sabbath for business (as the day off is traditionally Sunday in the Christian faith.) Rebecca's family speaks fluent Yiddish; the books have various Yiddish words integrated into the stories. Rebecca likes coming together with her family for Sabbath dinners.

She wants to be an actress like her cousin Max when she grows up, and enjoys movies like her older twin sisters instead of Yiddish plays. However, her family does not approve of her following in Max's footsteps; they find acting to be less respectable and want Rebecca to be a teacher. Rebecca acts out plays with her wooden dolls and pretends various scenes of acting when doing chores. She likes to crochet and is very skilled, not needing to read the patterns to make doilies. Rebecca loves to make people laugh and is lively with a dramatic flair; she is courageous and has natural talent.

As the second-to youngest child of five, Rebecca often wants to appear more grown up than she is and stand out; she seeks to be the center of attention or in the spotlight. She is envious of her siblings for getting more attention than she does and feeling overlooked as not unique by being a twin like Sophie and Sadie, studying for a coming of age ceremony like Victor, or the youngest like Benny. She protests when told she's not old enough to do mature things such as light the Sabbath candles like her sisters. Rebecca gets hand-me-down dresses from her twin sisters, leaving her with two sets of nearly all her outfits; she later shares them with her cousin Ana, so they can appear alike.

Rebecca, as a Jewish girl, struggles with trying to fit in with mainstream American/Christian culture while maintaining her connections to her own culture and religious beliefs; for example, she is unsure of how to handle Christmas activities when her family doesn't celebrate Christmas and is uncomfortable when expected to participate, such as making holiday decorations and her teacher Miss Maloney saying that Christmas is an American holiday for everyone (when it is, factually, a Christian one).

Rebecca often accompanies her father to his shoe store, where she helps with chores and other shop needs; she has a knack for business and making money, similar to her father. Rebecca can be bossy, especially when she's directing plays or performances, and tends to want things to go her way. Her favorite subject in school is arithmetic; she is exceptionally skilled at mathematics, and her grandpa calls her a math whiz. Her favorite book is ''Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm''. She would rather spend her time in the splashing waves at Coney Island than be anywhere else. She is thoughtful and generous, but also can be ashamed of negative attention, such as when her cousin Ana stood out in school and she felt embarrassment.

American Girl characterizes her as "confident" and "inspiring" while the American Girl shop section describes her as charismatic.

==Family, Friends, and Others==
{{See also|Minor Characters in Rebecca's Series}}
===Family===
* [[Louis Rubin]]: Father
* [[Vera Rubin]]: Mother.
* [[Sadie and Sophie Rubin]]: Older twin sisters.
* [[Victor Rubin]]: Older Brother.
* [[Benny Rubin]]: Younger Brother.
* [[Minor Characters in Rebecca's Series#Bubbie Shereshevsky|Bubbie Shereshevsky]]: Grandmother.
* [[Minor Characters in Rebecca's Series#Grandpa Shereshevsky|Grandpa Shereshevsky]]: Grandfather.
* [[Jacob Rubin]]: Uncle.
* [[Fannie Rubin]]: Aunt
* [[Josef Rubin]]: Cousin.
* [[Michael Rubin]]: Cousin.
* [[Ana Rubin]]: Cousin.
* [[Max Shepard]]: Maternal cousin.

===Friends and Minor Characters===
* [[Rose Krensky]]: a Jewish classmate and close friend.
* [[Lily Armstrong]]: an actress who works with Max.
* [[Minor Characters in Rebecca's Series#Gertie Lowenstein|Gertie Lowenstein]]: a classmate of Rebecca's.
* [[Minor Characters in Rebecca's Series#Sarah Goldstein|Sarah Goldstein]]: a classmate of Rebecca's.
* [[Minor Characters in Rebecca's Series#Lucy Valenti|Lucy Valenti]]: a classmate of Rebecca's.
* [[Minor Characters in Rebecca's Series#Leonardo Rossi|Leonardo Rossi]]: the janitor of the apartment where Rebecca lives.
* [[Minor Characters in Rebecca's Series#Miss Maloney|Miss Maloney]]: Rebecca's teacher.

==Books==

''See [[List of Rebecca's Books]]''

==[[Doll]]==
[[File:Beccadollface.jpg||thumb|225px|The Rebecca doll in her second edition meet outfit.]]
{{Main|Rebecca Rubin (doll)}}

*[[Face Mold]]: [[Josefina Mold]]
* Skin: Light
* Hair: Honey brown
* Eyes: Hazel

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==Collection==

:''See [[Rebecca's Collection]]''

==Trivia==

* Rebecca is the first Jewish historical character and the second Jewish character released by American Girl; the first was [[Lindsey Bergman]].

==See also==

* [[Locations in Rebecca's Series]]

==References and Footnotes==
{{refs}}
<tabber>
Full Historical List = {{HistoricalList}}|-|
BeForever Historical List = {{BeForeverHistoricalList}}
</tabber>
[[Category:Rebecca Rubin]]
[[Category:Historical Characters]]
[[Category:BeForever]]

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