Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Why is this not made famous?

Khelil sent me this:  "I'm reading a book on surfing by Michael Scott Moore, Sweetness and Blood, and came across this passage in the chapter on surfing in Gaza and "Israel":

"Tel Aviv has a 'separate beach,' were a high concrete wall runs from the sand into the water. Orthodox Jews avail themselves of the beach to swim without breaking mitzvahs against mixing without the opposite sex. On certain days only women can swim there; on certain other days, only men."pg. 184. "