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Israeli Nationalists Beg Refaeli to Dump DiCaprio

Model urged to shun non-Jew for sake of 'future generations'

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 11, 2010 3:20 AM CST | Updated Mar 11, 2010 10:51 AM CST

(Newser) – Rumors that wedding bells may soon be ringing for Leonardo DiCaprio and Israeli model Bar Refaeli have rung alarm bells for ultra-nationalists in her homeland. The head of a group that aims to "rescue" women from marriages to non-Jews has written to Rafaeli, pleading with her to ditch the actor for the sake of "future generations," the Los Angeles Times reports.

"Your grandmother and her grandmother did not dream that one of their descendants would one day remove the family's future generations from the Jewish people," writes Baruch Marzel. "Assimilation has forever been one of the enemies of the Jewish people." He stressed that it's nothing personal against DiCaprio, "who I have no doubt is a talented actor."

Sports Illustrated 2009 Swimsuit Issue cover girl Bar Refaeli appears on the NBC Today show last month.
Sports Illustrated 2009 Swimsuit Issue cover girl Bar Refaeli appears on the NBC "Today" show last month.   (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Israeli model Bar Refaeli and Leonardo DiCaprio attend the International Film Festival Berlinale in Berlin last month.
Israeli model Bar Refaeli and Leonardo DiCaprio attend the International Film Festival Berlinale in Berlin last month.   (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)
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Nora_Kit
Mar 14, 2010 5:03 AM CDT
I think she is very beautiful and this would be a very hard choice to make and I am glad it is not me. Love DiCaprio and they make a beautiful couple. DiCaprio always sets his sites high maybe he could change faiths himself.
YetAnotherCollegeKid
Mar 14, 2010 12:38 AM CST
Here's a question: are they worried about losing another genetic line from the Jewish faith...or just her particular genetic line?
Episcopelican
Mar 13, 2010 9:06 PM CST
Oh, please. If she's Jewish, her children will be, too. These people need a better hobby.

And she looks so very frum, too. ;-)

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