Bar Refaeli
Refaeli in 2008, photo by Joe Seer / Shutterstock.com
Place of Birth: Hod HaSharon, Israel
Date of Birth: June 4, 1985
Ethnicity: Sephardi Jewish, Ashkenazi Jewish
Bar Refaeli is an Israeli model, television host, actress, and businessperson. She appeared on the cover of the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, and was voted No. 1 on Maxim’s Hot 100 list 2012. She has hosted The X Factor Israel, and co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, in Tel Aviv.
Bar was born in Hod HaSharon, Israel, to Jewish parents, Tzipi (Levine), also a model, and Rafi Refaeli, a horse stable owner. Her grandparents were Jewish emigrants, from Italy, Lithuania, and Poland. Rafi’s father’s family took on the Hebrew name Refaeli when they arrived in Israel. The derivation of both Rafi’s first name and surname come from the angel, Raphael, from the Bible.
Bar is married to Israeli businessperson Adi Ezra, with whom she has three children.
Bar’s paternal grandfather had the surname Refaeli.
Bar’s paternal grandmother had the surname Jubely.
Bar’s maternal grandfather was named Benjamin Levin (the son of Jacob Yasha Levin and Zehava). Benjamin was a Lithuanian Jew.
Bar’s maternal grandmother was Pnina Drabski (the daughter of Joseph Drabski and Chasia Slozki). Joseph and Chasia were Polish Jews. Joseph was the son of Wolf Drabski and Chia Berkovitz. Chasia was the daughter of Shlomo Slozki and Esther Dolgopiati.
Sources: Genealogies of Bar Refaeli – http://www.geni.com
https://www.myheritage.com
Interfaithfamily interview with Bar Refaeli – http://www.interfaithfamily.com
OT: are real those rumours about breast implants?
her surname could have been changed from Raffaeli or Raffaelli (Italian) to Refaeli
what do you even know? Italians look different from each person to each! So shut up, because her Italian part doesn’t need to be the way you think is should – dark and tanned.
Follers:gee, you see:”italian part”
Argentina had more Italian immigrants than Spaniards, but the official language is Spanish, only 2 millions ppl speak Italian. Those immigrants mainly came from North regions (as the Pope), while the majority of Italian-Americans are from South
Wouldnt you believe or not her surname is of clear Italian origin, a patronymic like Gabrielli, Danielli etc.. If you think Italians can only have a Mediterreanean look you are very wrong. For example Valeria Mazza, a famous Argentinian model of Italian ancestry, is a Bar Refaeli look-alike
Her Wikipedia spanish profile says she has German ancestry too http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeria_Mazza
No I am sure she is way more than 1/8 Italian. In Argentina the Italian descendants are about the 60% of the population. Also the new Pope is of Italian ancestry
there are tons of German surnames ending in -Man(n)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Germanic-language_surnames
they are actually the same surnames, as for the Gaelic “Mc-” or “Mac-“
Yiddish, a language of European Jews is
a dialect of high German. No wonder, that they
have German-sounding name. Names with -stein,
mann or -berg can be German, Austrian, Swiss or Jewish. A good luck. Here are swarms of fans,
who are found of some Jewish celebrity, but racists.
So they can lie to themselves, their favourites are
“just German”
Andrew: I though, argentiniens are most of spain
origin? So, we have an “italian” pope again
Oh Andrew, still so desperate to group Italians with Northern Europeans? In your dreams she is an Italian. Stop your laughable troll attempts.
Love how such a hypocritical, obsessed troll you can be. You pizza makers will always be hairy, dark and short. Like the Arabs. That’s nothing like Nordic beauties of the north.
Hitler peasant.
lol, this woman may be light but she is no Nordic, she probably plots with Sicilians and other Southern Italians genetically.
Sicilians and Southern Italians in many regions have considerable Northern euro admix.
Didn’t know that?
Try Google…
Norman conquest of southern Italy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_conquest_of_southern_Italy
WOW! This has to be the most ignorant comment I’ve read on this site. It’s called science and thousands of years of populations mixing. Have you ever been to Italy???? Have you seen the people???? I’m so sorry to disappoint you, but there are many 100% pure Italians north and south with blonde hair and or light eyes. Do your research and educate yourself. My God, it’s people like you who make the human race look incredibly stupid. Please do us all a favor and don’t talk.
My comment was specifically for Phaedra.
Keep cool, Follers and stop you “bubble” argumentation
I don’t want to take you Bar away. Drabski and Slotzki(Zlot is gold in polish) let no doubt. I just mentioned,smb supposed sheu, that she can be italian. Unfortunatelly her name isn’t Steinberg, Fuhrman(s.commentars in profiles) or owr old friends Lerman and Eisenberg. So, they have no opportunity to claim, that she is “just german”. I ment, Italy is a rather rich country (opposite to Lituania), and nobody would convert to judaism to have a right of return in Israel (for Kunis fans: that law are not valid for USA)
is it true she was in the isreali army before coming to america?
I totally agree, but then again, Leo isn’t white either, despite his orangeness when he tans and his round head.
It’s Filipina!
:P
Bar looks like a mix between a Filipina and a Saudi Arabian.
let me guess, you’re being sarcastic?
No. I read just last week, she branches out and has
problems with Israel Government
you welcome.the source is an interview in website interfaithfamily.com,but for some reason,my computer can´t send the whole link to here.
i`ve found it,ethnic: Bar is a sabra (native-born Israeli) and so are her parents. Her grandparents are Jewish and hail from Italy, Lithuania and Poland. Rafi’s father took on the Hebrew name Refaeli when he arrived in Israel. The derivation of both Rafi’s first name and surname come from the angel, Raphael, from the Bible.
Thanks Nathali!