This is really awesome.

 

http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/7217085/top-jewish-former-baseball-players-join-israel-bid-world-baseball-classic

Yeah - would be kind of interesting and could definitely help expand baseballs presence

 

on a completely different note though, I completely don't understand why anyone would get a Star of David tattoo

Yeah - would be kind of interesting and could definitely help expand baseballs presence

 

on a completely different note though, I completely don't understand why anyone would get a Star of David tattoo

 

For the same reason people get crosses or other religious tattoos.........

Because they have a deep conviction for the faith I would guess?

 

Which it seems like if you had such a deep conviction you wouldn't blatantly go against one of the most well known aspects of your faith.

 

Tattooing is prohibited in the Jewish faith - so it wouldn't make sense that someone would show their dedication to it by doing something that it teaches against.

 

That's what I have trouble understanding.

 

I've known people who have done it because they think it looks cool, or they want to remember their ancestors (even if they are secular in belief), etc. - that I can understand.

 

I just find it odd when someone who is non-secular does it

Yeah - would be kind of interesting and could definitely help expand baseballs presence

 

on a completely different note though, I completely don't understand why anyone would get a Star of David tattoo

 

For the same reason people get crosses or other religious tattoos.........

 

I was under the impression that the Jewish religion is firmly against tattoos (i.e not able to be buried in a Jewish cemetery with one), therefore making it an oxymoron. Maybe I'm wrong.

Yeah - would be kind of interesting and could definitely help expand baseballs presence

 

on a completely different note though, I completely don't understand why anyone would get a Star of David tattoo

 

For the same reason people get crosses or other religious tattoos.........

 

I was under the impression that the Jewish religion is firmly against tattoos (i.e not able to be buried in a Jewish cemetary with one), therefore making it an oxymoron. Maybe I'm wrong.

 

yes, you are not allowed to be buried in a jewish cemetery with one though i am almost certain that you can be if you have it removed beforehand or after you die.

Yeah - that's kind of what I was getting at ...... you won't be denied burial, service, etc if you have one - other aspects of the faith trump the anti-tattoo sentiment ..... however, it's still considered to be a no go from anything I understand

 

I knew a girl in college who wasn't allowed into her grandmothers house after she got one and was berated up and down by her parents - again, a pretty extreme reaction by the grandmother, but it was something she obviously felt very strongly about

 

Really not trying to be rude, moronic or anything else

 

Just something that I had trouble understanding because it did seem like an oxymoron ... why would someone show great dedication to a faith by doing something the faith prohibits

 

If I misunderstand the prohibition that's possible and part of the reason why I would even question it .... either I'm missing something (again, very possible) or it doesn't make sense.

 

Pretty much anything I can find though continues to show that tattoos are taboo

I mean, that's definitely a reasonable question. I honestly didn't think of it that way, at first. Whether that's because I just didn't think of it, or because I've come to understand that that's not completely true, I'm not sure.

 

From what I've been told, it's not an absolute prohibition. It might get you buried at the corner of the cemetery, though.

Here's an interesting little article on the matter. My information above was just orally communicated, so I don't have written confirmation for it, at least not ATM.

http://www.myjewishl...y/Tattoos.shtml

 

Edit: this one's probably a better source, NYTimes: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/fashion/17SKIN.html

Yeah - that's in line with what I heard (granted that was a decade ago) ...... that while it won't get you banished or anything, it's still generally prohibited and considered not a good thing to do.

 

My editorial is that I think a lot of the talk/rumor about not being allowed to be buried in a Jewish cemetary and some of those other items are hyperbole meant to deter action ..... provide a consequence above what is most applicable .... or maybe it was true at one time and the thought carried forward longer than the practice

 

From my understanding it's one of those "you shouldn't do it because you shouldn't do it" type of things at this point, but prohibited none the less

 

Not something that takes a lot of time out of my mind, but I do usually try to understand things that may be a bit confusing ...... that last blurb of the article popped up a decade old thought/discussion from college .... that's all

Sam Fuld Tweeted the other day that it would be a cool experience to play for Team Israel in the WBC. I would love to see Fuld, Braun, Kinsler, Marquis and even the annoying Youkilis repping my homeland! BTW Braun is now the Hebrew Hammer.

 

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There was an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm years back in which Admin David's mother was buried in the Goyum section of the cemetery because they learned she had a tattoo on her butt. But yeah, I think it is pretty dumb to get a Star of David tattoo if you're a practicing, religious Jew. This is coming from a Jew.

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