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Model Zionist: Bar Refaeli poses for Jewish swimsuit calendar
By Benjamin Hartman
Tags: Heeb, Bar Rafaeli 

The American Jewish magazine "Heeb" has published a special swimsuit issue that is sure to raise eyebrows in some circles.

The issue, titled "The girls of 5769", (for the year 5769 on the Hebrew calendar), seeks to highlight what the magazine calls the "most beautiful Jewish women in the world," and boasts spreads of some of Israel's hottest models, including Bar Refaeli, sprawled across the cover of the issue in a white bikini surrounded by decidedly non-kosher lobsters.

Whoever buys the issue can also feast their eyes on Israeli models Esti Ginzberg, Adi Neuman, Moran Atias, and Neta Bell-Silber.
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Models Donna Feldman and Esti Ginzborg in the Heeb calendar
(Photos: Gilles Bensimon, courtesy of Heeb)


The swimsuit spread was the brainchild of Jewish director Brett Ratner, famous for films such as "X-Men" and "Rush Hour," and reportedly includes a tongue-in-cheek photo of model Donna Feldman on the beach reading the Philip Roth classic "Portnoy's Complaint," and another model holding a fishing pole with lox (smoked salmon) hanging off the hook.

Heeb was founded in 2001 by Jennifer Bleyer, then a graduate student at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and backed financially by Jewish donors like Steven Spielberg and Charles Bronfman.

Known for a satiric and sardonic tone and a sometimes abrasive approach, Heeb calls itself "the bastard love child of Emma Goldman and Lenny Bruce" - a reference to the female anarchist and founder of Mother Earth magazine, and legendary comic Bruce, who inspired a generation of comedians and was convicted in 1964 for obscenity.

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      1.   So this is Zionism? 09:49  |  nkd 20/07/08
      2.   Disgusting! 10:30  |  Wise Saba 20/07/08
      3.   #1 What do you mean, "nothing more." You`re the sick one 10:38  |  McQueen 20/07/08
      4.   Real zionist 11:50  |  Boots lover 20/07/08
      5.   fine israeli models 12:55  |  bobby goodman 20/07/08
      6.   Wise Saba,how can something that God made be disgusting 13:41  |  Rabbi Shlomo Naor 20/07/08
      7.   Bar Refaeli is a draft dodger..don`t glorify her 13:44  |  Safta M 20/07/08
      8.   safta m #6 15:12  |  Saba N 20/07/08
      9.   When do we women get a Jewish-hunk calendar? 15:23  |  InTheNameOfEquality 20/07/08
      10.   Ban Bar Rafael 15:36  |  Arie 20/07/08
      11.   Draft dodger? 16:20  |  W 20/07/08
      12.   Agree with #9 Haaretz needs to give some equal time 16:38  |  Aphemia 20/07/08
      13.   model Zionist 17:23  |  Danny 20/07/08
      14.   #11Nahal Haredi units are top front line units. 17:57  |  Safta M 20/07/08
      15.   #6 Any Jewish women that displays her G-D given body.. 18:00  |  SaftaM 20/07/08
      16.   haters never prosper 18:09  |  that boy you know 20/07/08
      17.   15 safta 18:16  |  G Bourg 20/07/08
      18.   To N°4 18:17  |  Rebel 20/07/08
      19.   Good point by #4! (also #10) 19:13  |  Shaliach Tziyyon 20/07/08
      20.   wow! 21:25  |  gigi 20/07/08
      21.   besides life and the air he breathes... 21:27  |  eric 20/07/08
      22.   To #9, Equality Seeker- No longer available 21:35  |  dyinglikeflies 20/07/08
      23.   A shina Meidl but not as nice as my Sadie in her Shitel but.. 21:36  |  H 20/07/08
      24.   #2 Attaction in Western Negev? 23:21  |  Ulf 20/07/08
      25.   Now THIS is Zionism at it`s F-I-N-E-N-E-S-T 00:26  |  b`Galil 21/07/08
      26.   2nd try,at least she is advertising swimsuits! 02:37  |  lakshmi 21/07/08
      27.   Hey idiots, CALM DOWN and just enjoy the pretty girls 03:57  |  Steve Randolph 21/07/08
      28.   This is good kosher meat! 04:31  |  Pepe 21/07/08
      29.   blond haired blue eyed jews.....lol 04:52  |  jc 21/07/08
      30.   #22 - Dyinglikeflies -- Jewish Hunks are still available 09:34  |  Slibovitz 21/07/08
      31.   JC #29 Funny I heard King David had Red Hair 11:51  |  Levi 21/07/08
      32.   Sure beats the stoning to death of Arab women 13:12  |  petra 21/07/08
      33.   to Pepe 13:13  |  Muhyddine Ayoubi 21/07/08
      34.   Dangerous beauties 14:58  |  utagawa 21/07/08
      35.   Zionist? Who cares 15:16  |  Josh B 21/07/08
      36.   A golden ring in the snout of a swine... 15:52  |  Jew 21/07/08
      37.   LAKSHMI beats honor killing doesn`t it?Not to mention 16:00  |  PETER SM 21/07/08
      38.   LAKSHMI beats honor killing doesn`t it?Not to mention 16:26  |  PETER SM 21/07/08
      39.   Shame on you 16:28  |  Father Capadonne 21/07/08
      40.   Israil will be strong by their women 16:31  |  Narmy 21/07/08
      41.   11 Mr. Wombat 16:35  |  sz 21/07/08
      42.   jewish women 19:45  |  David P. Jacob 21/07/08
      43.   Zionists ought to be hunted own by Simon Wiesenthal Center 20:35  |  John 21/07/08
      44.   I would like to join in the request for a Jewish hunk calendar 20:51  |  Hannah 21/07/08
      45.   David the caveman what do you mean "show our women to the world"? 20:55  |  Hannah 21/07/08
      46.   David P. Jacob 42 23:10  |  ChanahS 21/07/08
      47.   jc 29 23:12  |  ChanahS 21/07/08
      48.   Esti Ginzborg... 23:45  |  Mark B. 21/07/08
      49.   To bobby goodman # 5 13:11  |  Jeffrey 22/07/08
      50.   Wonderful World 17:39  |  Thomas 24/07/08
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