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The Jewish Entrepreneurs Who Created the Toy Industry in America
Michael Kimmel
2026
W. W. Norton & Co.
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The Race to Give Every Child a Toy
For most of history, parents couldn’t buy their kids dolls, action figures, or the like. Then playtime became big business.
by
Alexandra Schwartz
via
The New Yorker
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on
February 9, 2026
