I don't know what they were thinking, or smoking, when they put up the statue of a female surfer into a central fountain in Yehud last week. Did they really think Shas would not object to it, and have it removed/replaced, thus wasting thousands of shekels?

surf's up, dude!

The Shas representatives, according to the article on Mynet, are upset and think the statue should have been made of a male surfer, as that would have been more reasonably tzanua.

Considering that the statue is of a female surfer that is in a full bathing suit, the Shas reps specifically explained that what upsets them is the way the statues tuches sticks out, though unless the statue is wearing a burkini I dont see why the full bathing suit should not itself be a problem for the Shas reps.

The artist himself claims the statue is tzanua. He says the if one were to look at the statue he would see that it is in a full bathing suit up until the knees (note: I guess it is in a burkini). He says he took into account the issue of tzniyut, and the instructions he received form City Hall also included to take care about the issue of tzniyut. He says no limb is exposed, and there is nothing to complain about. I guess he took everything into account except the tuches.

As a result of the protest, an agreement was reached in which the statue would be replaced with that of a male surfer.