# Who's Jewish and has a tattoo? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 9, 2005, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-jewish-and-has-a-tattoo/320875 "2005-09-09T21:06:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-jewish-and-has-a-tattoo/320875/21 "2005-09-10T16:21:33Z")
I wonder why rebellious religious youth have not opted to get replications of holocaust tattoos on their forearms… it would be far more powerful than dating a shiksa if you are trying to piss off your jewish mother… ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-jewish-and-has-a-tattoo/320875/22 "2005-09-10T16:39:23Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > I wonder why rebellious religious youth have not opted to get replications of holocaust tattoos on their forearms… it would be far more powerful than dating a shiksa if you are trying to piss off your jewish mother… Because they actually **enjoy** dating the Shiksa? ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-jewish-and-has-a-tattoo/320875/23 "2005-09-11T01:48:15Z")
[Here’s one person’s take on it](http://www.bmezine.com/news/guest/20040819.html), at any rate. ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-jewish-and-has-a-tattoo/320875/24 "2005-09-11T02:06:41Z")
Thank you all so much for your replies, especially **Scribble** for that article. It was definitely a good read. This is really helping me build up the chutzpah ;j to go ahead and do it. I have a friend who is going to go with me because she wants to get her third one and she’s excited for me. There was an article I came across on the subject, and one person said they were a non-practicing Jew but their tat of a Jewish symbol helped them feel connected to the religion. Not to gank someone else’s reasoning but I thought that was beautiful and hadn’t considered that as a way to look at what I plan to do. What I plan to get is a hamsa, or “hand of Fatima.” [Here](http://www.ebsqart.com/Art/1257/111857/HamsaTattoo_275_275.jpg) is a great example of one. I’m not going to include the heart, fish or eye of G-d, but I was trying to think of how to incorporate a flower and this one shows a nice way how. I think when I go I’ll take a print of this as an example and have the artist design one. Aaaaahh this is so exciting! ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-jewish-and-has-a-tattoo/320875/25 "2005-09-11T03:41:54Z")
[One Rabbi’s take on this.](http://www.beth-elsa.org/be_s0424.htm) [Talmudic interpretation](http://www.koltorah.org/ravj/14-19%20Permanent%20and%20Semi-Permanent%20Makeup%20-%20Cosmetic%20Tattooing%201.htm) of tattooing and body altering. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-jewish-and-has-a-tattoo/320875/26 "2005-09-11T05:06:58Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > The cemetary thing is a myth. It’s been discussed here a few times before. That said, your example is fucking ridiculous. If you’re forced to do something, it doesn’t count as having broken the rule. [Moderator Underoos on]I’m not going to tell you again to tone it down in IMHO. If you want to insult people, do it in The BBQ Pit.[/Moderator Underoos on] ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-jewish-and-has-a-tattoo/320875/27 "2005-09-11T05:18:02Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [Moderator Underoos on]I’m not going to tell you again to tone it down in IMHO. If you want to insult people, do it in The BBQ Pit.[/Moderator Underoos on] Check the time stamps. That was written well before your first warning. ---
**Author:** ![cwthree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cwthree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cwthree)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-jewish-and-has-a-tattoo/320875/28 "2005-09-11T12:28:59Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > I wonder why rebellious religious youth have not opted to get replications of holocaust tattoos on their forearms… it would be far more powerful than dating a shiksa if you are trying to piss off your jewish mother… I knew a Jewish woman who said she had such a tattoo in memory of a Holocaust survivor. I can’t confirm this, as the tattoo would have been covered by clothing and I didn’t ask for proof. She was an adult, though, probably not interested in pissing off her folks. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-jewish-and-has-a-tattoo/320875/29 "2005-09-11T18:02:21Z")
I find this personally to be pretty gruesome. It’s akin to the cult following in **The World According To Garp** , the Ellen Jamesians, who cut out their tongues to show support for a rape victime whose tongue was cut out. You don’t mutilate yourself to show memory and respect. You do that kind of thing to steal fire from the real victims. If she really wanted to remember and show respect for a Holocaust survivor who she was close to, she’d volunteer at a local Holocause museum or be involved in the Shoa Project or somesuch. My two cents. ( and yes. I am aware that **Garp** is a work of fiction. It’s a good example, however. ) ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-jewish-and-has-a-tattoo/320875/30 "2005-09-12T15:00:48Z")
As of yesterday, my son has one. I don’t think where he’s going to be buried is on the top of his list of concerns, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-jewish-and-has-a-tattoo/320875.md?page=1)