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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Jewish teens don't get tattoos because they know we don't play around. Gentile kids get tattoos because kids know they can walk all over you without consequence.[/quote]
Traditionally, Jewish teens didn't get tattoos because it was prohibited in the Torah. In fact it's one of the "us, not them" Levitical rules that set Jews apart from others: no tattoos, piercings, or eating pork because "they" do those things; circumcise your sons because "they" don't.

Jews get tattooed now too. In his essay "Jews and Tattoos" Andy Abrams states, "Many of the interview subjects in Tattoo Jew articulated a response to this issue directly through their tattoos. All of the people I have interviewed who have tattoos with Jew- ish themes get those tattoos for similar reasons; each of them wants to wear their Jewishness proudly on their skin. It is a way for them to mark themselves as Jews in an act of pride." This is certainly the case for my third tattoo: a tribute to my grandparents with pictures that represent them, and the Hebrew word for "remembrance." Many of the people I know with tattoos are Jewish--and many of the Jews I know are tattooed![/quote]

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