Let Justice Flow Like Killer Waves
AP reports,
Dorian Paskowitz, a retired doctor who has been surfing for 75 years, donated 12 surfboards to Gaza’s small surfing community on Tuesday in a novel gesture to promote peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
“God will surf with the devil if the waves are good,” Paskowitz said. “When a surfer sees another surfer with a board, he can’t help but say something that brings them together.”…
He said he was inspired after reading a story about two Gaza surfers who could not enjoy the wild waves off the coastal strip because they had only one board to share between them.
So I said to my son ‘come, we’ll go to Israel and get them some boards,’” Paskowitz told AP Television News.
Damn if that’s not the best news I’ve heard all week.
—Kol Ra'ash Gadol · August 21st, 2007 at 10:33 pm
This is great. Thanks for sharing.
I just got back from hawaii and it’s been hard to re-adjusting to life in LA. But the story reminds me it’s all actions; we have the beach too and can try to relax a little more and get that Shalom things going here!
(Like my link, USC Free Culture will hopefully partner up with Hillel and do more public actions in Skid Row).
—Lewis · August 22nd, 2007 at 8:01 am
I love how he put it so biblically: “Come, my son. We will bring surfboards to the Israelites.”
—jo · August 22nd, 2007 at 8:29 am
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