Results: Kosher Ink
Published on 10/18/2012
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There is a new trend with young Jews; who are tattooing names in Hebrew on the inside of their arms, more or less in the same area where the Germans tattooed numbers on those in concentration camps. In most cases it isn't a memorium to those who died in camps but instead a celebration of life. One example would be, the names of their kids in Hebrew. Tattoos, however, remain taboo among many Jews, for reasons both religious and cultural. And tattoos, which so many people seem to conflate with the numbers marked on concentration camp inmates, are simply too much for some people to handle. How do you feel about this?
I think it’s just an expression, freedom of choice
39%
290 votes
I Can understand how it offends other Jews like Orthodox Jews because it is not allowed
13%
97 votes
I Can understand how it offends other Jews because at first glance they think the text is numbers and it reminds them of The Holocaust
19%
138 votes
I think its completely disrespectful for a Jew to do this when their religion doesn’t allow it, even if they are not practicing the Orthodox or Conservative sect of Judaism
10%
77 votes
I dont know
33%
242 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
10 votes
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2.
If you are Jewish is this type of tattoo something that you would consider? Yes
10%
75 votes
Maybe
8%
60 votes
No
14%
105 votes
Doesnt apply I am not Jewish
67%
497 votes
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If you are Jewish, and you would get this type of tattoo, would it memoralize someone or be a name of a current family member? It would be a memorium
9%
68 votes
It would be a current family member name
4%
33 votes
It would be something else in Hebrew
4%
26 votes
I am a Jew and would not do this
5%
39 votes
I am not a Jew
77%
567 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
4 votes
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If you are Jewish and would not consider getting a tattoo on your arm, what are the reasons? Personal
9%
65 votes
Goes against what I believe based on my faith
5%
38 votes
Dont like tattoos
9%
63 votes
Doesnt apply I am not Jewish
77%
566 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
5 votes
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