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Jewish cowboy saddles up

(B.H. real estate developer cowboys up?)

By Brad A. Greenberg

URL: http://www.jewishjournal.com/los_angeles/article/jewish_cowboy_saddles_up_20080709/

The realty office would be a better fit in Tombstone, Ariz., than midcity Los Angeles. A wound rope hangs on a wall next to a breast collar, bull horns and antique rifles; on the other walls are cowboy hats and a saddle and horseshoes and spurs and more ropes and more bull horns and a wagon wheel. A life-size cardboard John Wayne peers through the doorway, welcoming visitors. Smiling behind the desk is Steve Freed, a blue-blooded Jewish product of Beverly Hills High School, a successful industrial real estate developer and owner, and a ... cowboy.

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