Jerusalem – Now you can put a name to the face of the Jewish snowboarder who made the front page of The Wall Street Journal.
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In an interview given to JTA.org (http://bit.ly/1bg8gxX) the man in the photo published December 16 identified himself as Yochanan Katz, an American expat who now lives in Jerusalem with his wife and two children.
The major snowstorm in Jerusalem was the subject and front-page news for many major U.S. newspapers. The Wall Street Journal captured the image of Katz snowboarding in Gan Sacher Park in Jerusalem, his tzitzit visibly streaming behind him.
Katz says he’s receiving positive feedback to the photo of him catching air with his tzitzit. “Lots of people are very proud of me. They’re surprised to see a religious Jew streaming through the air on a snowboard; it’s kind of an oddity.”
Nice, in many ways!
It’s so nice to see a chareidi Jew displayed in a positive light. Thank you for sharing!
Very nice!
I Am Sooo Proud of Him!!!!! I’d be even more prouder if he’d be a Rabbi in Yeahiva!
Tzitzits in the air, more to wear!
Nice to have a positive story of normal life in Israel.
Amazing, he definitely will be a great father, brother, gp, who will be perfect for the community! We need more like him!!
kol hakavod yochanan…stay healthy, enjoy the outdoors, and wear the tzizits out!!!
He is a frum , very frum person as you see from the picture. Enjoy the kidish Hashem . Behave according to american law, so the are no more reports will chilul hashem. Let this person, who beautifuly does not hide his tsitsis breathe in peace. Thanks Wall Street for this cute picture that warmed our hearts.