True Joy Through Water, a new outreach program created by Canfei Nesharim (\”the wings of eagles\”), an Orthodox environmental organization, it\’s designed to educate about the importance of water, its imperiled state and ways to conserve it.
Skateboarding runs in the Tashman family, although not on the paternal side. His mother, who also grew up religious, skateboarded when she was a kid. She was sponsored by a local Velcro company. \”She took her old roller skates and nailed them to a two-by-four for her first skateboards,\” Tashman said. Since he was 3 years old, \”she would attach me to my skateboard and pull me down hills and our neighbor\’s empty swimming pool,\” he said. \”She always wanted me to be a cantor, though.\”
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