Posted on 08/21/2007 1:34:11 PM PDT by Brujo
An 86-year-old Jewish surfing guru from Hawaii is bringing good vibrations to the impoverished Gaza Strip.
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."
Tanned and shirtless, Paskowitz emerged grinning at the Israel-Gaza border crossing after handing over the dozen boards to Palestinian surfers waiting on the other side.
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.
He described his mission as a "mitzvah," Hebrew for a "good deed."
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This is Scrappleface, right? The Onion? “Surfing for peace”? Weird.
I’d like to donate a pint of kidney filtrate.
I don’t get it either, ‘cause I have a friend from Durban, South Africa who’s the same. Surf over sex (and everything else, too). Hang ten, dude.
Nice gesture but they’ll probably just beat each other over the head with the boards!
Allah don’t surf!
“God will surf with the devil if the waves are good”
Considering that the surfer is Jewish, I think I can figure out who the devil is in this scenario.
Yeah, that’ll go a long way towards promoting peace.
It’s a good idea. Someone should also send them a hundred vollyballs, soccer balls, and nets. It’s a better use for their time than say- blowing themselves up.
I suppose "sharing" and "taking turns" really ARE foreign concepts...
Only if they manage not to be arrested by the Hamas “modesty police” beforehand.
What’s the next terrorist threat, then?
“Suicide Surfers”?
(ya cant mak this stuff ub)
“Achmed Don’t Surf!”
Chick. I’ve asked about that...it is not a consideration most times. Surfer culture is that way I suppose.
Uh, Dude? That is like, nowhere presented in the scriptures of either the Jews or the Christians, duh. The only place the devil will be surfing is the Lake of Fire, and duh, that's a LAKE. No waves, bro!
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