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I tried skinny dipping at N.J.’s nude beach and it was a bare necessity
I grew up in Syria, a mostly Islamic country where public nudity is not only frowned upon, but forbidden. Even now, having lived in the U.S. for 40 years, wandering around naked is not my thing. You won’t catch me streaking at a soccer match. And at the …