Hello all. I am new to this tribe. I am a graduating senior in anthropology and was hoping some of you would be able to help me with my senior thesis.
It's on Jews with tattoos. Below are a list of questions that I need answered for research. If you guys or girls could answer these questions and then add pictures of your tattoos it would really help.
If you don't want others reading your answers just let me know and I will send you my e-mail.
Also I will share the paper with anyone who would like to participate. Thanks again.
0) age and sex
1) How would you describe your religious beliefs?
2) What do you do that is Jewish?
3) Why did you get each tattoo and what does each mean?
4) Why did you get other tattoos that did not have to do with Judaism?
5) What do you know about tattoos in Judaism?
6) How do your tattoos connect you with Judaism?
7) What Jewish laws would you say you follow?
8) What does Judaism mean to you?
9) How did family or fiends influence your beliefs?
10) How important is marring Jewish?
11) What historical events effect or have emotional influences on your beliefs?
12) How do you connect with Judaism?
-Todd
"Jewish and Tattooed"
It's on Jews with tattoos. Below are a list of questions that I need answered for research. If you guys or girls could answer these questions and then add pictures of your tattoos it would really help.
If you don't want others reading your answers just let me know and I will send you my e-mail.
Also I will share the paper with anyone who would like to participate. Thanks again.
0) age and sex
1) How would you describe your religious beliefs?
2) What do you do that is Jewish?
3) Why did you get each tattoo and what does each mean?
4) Why did you get other tattoos that did not have to do with Judaism?
5) What do you know about tattoos in Judaism?
6) How do your tattoos connect you with Judaism?
7) What Jewish laws would you say you follow?
8) What does Judaism mean to you?
9) How did family or fiends influence your beliefs?
10) How important is marring Jewish?
11) What historical events effect or have emotional influences on your beliefs?
12) How do you connect with Judaism?
-Todd
"Jewish and Tattooed"
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Re: Jews with tattoos -Senior Thesis
Wed, April 26, 2006 - 11:41 AM"You shall not make gashes in your flesh for the dead, or incise any marks on yourselves: I am the Lord" (Leviticus 19:28) -
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Re: Jews with tattoos -Senior Thesis
Mon, May 8, 2006 - 5:09 PMYeah, the whole tattoo thing really bothers me. I just see the inventory mark on the Holocaust victims in our shule and I cannot imagine condoning this for myself or my children. I definitely do not want my children to tattoo themselves and I'm very clear about it with them. -
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Re: Jews with tattoos -Senior Thesis
Thu, September 28, 2006 - 10:40 AMi agree- i have no tatoos please dont get me wrong, but for the sake of the paper and to shed light on this from another view point-
my uncle is a holocaust surviver from auschwitz and still bares his numbers.
he and his son/my cousin have gotten several tattoos together.
one of those things that makes me think. -
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Re: Jews with tattoos -Senior Thesis
Thu, August 2, 2007 - 10:21 AMHi.
I'm jewish and I have tattoo's. I'm not reminded of the holocaust when I see the one's that lived though this in my shule. I respect survivors. But, there is no connection for me. My tattoo's are sacred and only for me. I generally don't flash them or discuses them because I find that when speaking to a jewish audience, It is unlikely that I can explain myself or why I have them. People begin to get self-righteous and quote thing out of the bible or make a reference to the holocaust. I say that we all have our struggles and we all try to understand it, often very differently. I don't know anything about the holocaust. I wasn't there. I don't need to be there. I am here in the present, living my life the way it feels right to me. What is done is done. But, I love myself and I love my body and I love my tattoo's, so that says a lot.
~peace~
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Re: Jews with tattoos -Senior Thesis
Thu, August 2, 2007 - 4:42 PM"my uncle is a holocaust surviver from auschwitz and still bares his numbers.
he and his son/my cousin have gotten several tattoos together."
It sounds like your uncle has a very positive and life-affirming view of the world and his place in it. I have a lot of respect for him, and for you in being able to share this with us.
I have one very personal tattoo on my upper arm. It's there to mark a very significant part of my life, and I got it for me, no one else. -
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Re: Jews with tattoos -Senior Thesis
Tue, August 21, 2007 - 10:33 AMThe real question is regarding the word "incise" from Leviticus 19:28. Of course, one must account for the translations and changes in language though. Modern tatoos dont actually cut...instead they inject. Gotta love the loop hole...
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Re: Jews with tattoos -Senior Thesis
Thu, May 8, 2008 - 8:49 PMi am a tattooed jew (balchuva) sleeved and knuckles and back of my neck i am often asked if i will have them removed and i say no because they are a part of who i was and why i became who i am i get so funny looks outside of my shul (Carlebach) but i know who i am and where my faith is
