yes, thaat is Bar Rafaeli, the Israeli supermodel, participating in a campaign against Lashon Ha'Ra

in the fight with the IDF Spokesperson, and public opinion, over the issue of whether or not Bar Rafaeli is an appropriate representative for Israel considering her lack of army service, it looks like Rafaeli won...

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-- Globes

while nobody has the right to invade anybody's privacy and use their private information without permission, the statement of modesty is funny coming from someone who advertises lingerie and swimwear (among other things)

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I dont know which is sillier - the Egyptians getting all upset at Israel for shark attacks they say were directed by the Zionists, or the Egyptians getting all upset at Israel over what any one private person says, let alone a supermodel. Supermodels have a reputation about not being the brightest bulbs in the pack, and unless that is different with Egyptian supermodels (do they even exist?), I am not sure why anyone, including the Egyptians, pay attention and take seriously anything said by a supermodel.


Bar Rafaeli, one of the top rated Israeli supermodels, has raised the tensions between Egypt and Israel when she recently made an offhanded comment about a possible photo shoot.

Rafaeli was asked about potentially going to Egypt for a shoot. Her response was that she has been to Egypt already and would never go back. She said Egypt is a primitive place. The issues she had with Egypt were basically that they have camels walking down the road. She is ok, she says, with Israel where you see chickens everywhere you go, but camels? I mean, what civilized country allows camels to roam freely??!!

If that isn't a silly and benign enough comment, the source of it was not exactly an Israeli diplomat but Bar Rafaeli, a private citizen and a supermodel who should basically be ignored when she says anything (just like any private person should say whatever they want, for the most part, and not be the cause of a country getting its underwear all wadded up into a bunch).

Yet Egypt is making a big deal of it. They are insulted, and one state newspaper even suggested it is a Zionist plot to harm Egyptian tourism, just as the shark attacks were..

See what Bar Rafaeli actually said, and how she said it in an offhand manner.

I think Egypt, and Hosni Mubarak, have gone a bit off the deep end. I just hope they are not so far out that they are swimming in shark territory..

Maybe the Egyptians really are primitive, not realizing that this is not a person who needs to be listened to.

The newspaper gossip columns are all abuzz today with the latest news in the celebrity industry. It seems very likely that Israeli supermodel Bar Rafaeli and her superstar actor boyfriend Leonardo DeCaprio are on the path to marriage.

DeCaprio seemed to love his recent visit to Israel, and has been dabbling in udaism and rumor has it he is looking into conversion in preparation for marriage to Rafaeli.

One of the articles I saw mentioned he is doing it because her "traditional" family would be more comfortable with her marrying a Jew. This despite his already being a Catholic (though non-practicing)..

Amazing that nowadays it is ok to be a Jew, even the celebrities are ok with it and look to become Jews, when just a short time ago in history becoming a Jew was something few people would have considered..Or maybe religion in general is just something few people care about, so it does not really make a difference to them which religion they are unaffiliated with.

Yishai Fleisher posted a very interesting article on the recent success of Bar Rafaeli winning the top spot as the cover girl of this years SI Swimsuit Edition.

I still follow sports, but not nearly as much as I used to. So maybe there is hope for me still...

(HatTip: Yaak)

Why is it that when Haredim impose a ban or cherem (or consumer boycott in more modern terms) on a product or company because it goes against their worldview, they get nothing but bad press, yet when secular Jews impose a cherem on a company because it acts against their beliefs, as a cherem has been announced against Fox clothes because they signed Bar Rafaeli (the top Israeli model who is also a draft dodger) as their presenter, they get nothing but good words and support?

Something to make you go hmmm...