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Bar Refaeli: Middle East Meets Southwest

Dan Friedman

By Dan Friedman February 12, 2009

If the Zionist dream of packing the fantasies of cornfed Midwestern boys with images of Jewish girls hadn’t come true enough with Bar Refaeli on the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue — the same issue that that fellow Israeli Esti Ginzburg graces — check out Southwest Airlines own homage to the self-determination of the Jewish nation.

Dan Friedman is the former executive editor and whisky correspondent of the Forward, and is the author of a book about Tears for Fears, the ’80s emo rock band.

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