Taking its cue from the wildly successful American Girl dolls and novels, a small company in New Jersey has been carving out its own niche -- character dolls representing Jewish girls from different countries and centuries. Gali Girls began in 2004 as one woman's quest to supplant the provocative messages of Barbies and Bratz with contemporary dolls that elevate traditional Jewish values such as modesty, kindness, charity and respect. "I'd noticed the growing popularity of dolls that equated femininity with girls taking their clothes off," said Gali Girls founder Aliza Stein of Teaneck, ...


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