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Israeli Beauty -__
Is Playboy Cop

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here are eight million sto-
ries in the Naked City of
New York; this is one of
them.
Actually, this one is more
naked than most.
TV isn't the only place where
"NYPD Blue" means bare breasts
and butts.
In a spread attracting world-
wide attention, Playboy is play-
ing up its uncover story on one of
New York's finest.Cop Carol
Shaya is capturing attention,
which seems to suit the Israeli
native just fine.
Israeli?
That's right, born in Jaffa, she
says proudly, wearing her her-
itage like a badge of honor.
Funny, she doesn't look Jew-
ish.

ther Irish or Italian, and there I
was, this little Israeli girl.
"But the boys liked me and my
peers accepted me because I
played sports" including basket-
ball and softball "with them."
She is having some trouble
with acceptance within the police
department these days, getting
a dressing down for undressing
on the pages of the magazine. Be-
ing caught out of uniform really
out of uniform has landed her a
desk job, reassigned from street
patrol in the rough-and-tough
42nd District.
The dispute seems to focus on
whether Shaya used any part of
her regulation outfit to pose for
the magazine. Only the pants
, and jacket are real, she says.
The department also went

We thank you for your loyal
patronage... and most sincerely
wish you the happiest and
healthiest of New Years.

Cop Carol Shaya at work as pictured in 'Playboy', prior to her reassignment to a
desk job.

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And she isn't. Shaya is Greek
Orthodox. But she willingly talks
of her Israeli roots. "My descen-
dants go back to the days of
Palenstine," says the cop who left
Israel with her mother and
grandmother at the age of four
and has a number of relatives
"some of them Jewish" still living
in her homeland.
As she told the magazine of her
arrival on these shores, "I went
to Catholic school. At first, I felt
like an outcast. Everyone was ei-

Michael Elkin is entertainment ed-
itor of the Jewish Exponent in
Philadelphia.

gunning for Shaya when it was
revealed recently she had posed
in a thong, her back to the cam-
era, for a rapper's album.
Bad rap, she said, claiming she
didn't do anything wrong. It
wasn't like she was endorsing the
harsh and vulgar lyrics inside,
she says.
Her application to Playboy was
a shot in the dark, she says dur-
ing our interview. "I did it on a
whim, on my honeymoon."
In a cop's uniform, she couldn't
get arrested for her looks, she
claims. "Trust me. You don't feel
beautiful in this uniform." ❑