Tattoos On Women With A Religious Meaning
I came across an article in the Star Tribune about a university student called Melanie, who bears two tattoos.
What’s unusual about that? I hear you say. Well to most of you nothing much but to the Jewish community, it might well be a different story.
You see, traditional Jewish law bans tattoos, based on Leviticus 19:28 and the fact that tattoos also ties back to the Holocaust.
However, increasing numbers of younger Jews are embracing tattoos, which have shed many of their negative stereotypes. They no longer are considered the purview of bikers, convicts and drunken servicemen. Instead they have found a foothold in the under 30 set.
They have gone from being outlaw symbols to fashion statements!
So for Melanie, a young Yewish girl herself, was it right for her to ignore her parents and her culture?
I don’t think so, because her tattoos have a lot of symbolism. Her first tattoo is an olive branch wreath that incorporates the Star of David. Her second tattoo is her name in Hebrew with the date of her bat mitzvah and a tribute to her late grandparents.
You can see Melanie’s tattoos and read her full story here.
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