In this talk we explore a question that lies at the core of our work: the ethical considerations of tattoos for Jews. Is what we do guided by moral responsibility? What is our commitment to the text? And what is our commitment to the people who carry these words on their bodies?
The conversation moves from questions of cultural appropriation to Holocaust tattoos, and further into Zionism and the ways it has reshaped Jewish self understanding.
In this episode we explore post October 7 Jewish identity and trauma through the stories we hear from our clients. We will talk about our own Jewish/Israeli identities and how they changed over time and discuss how trauma changes our approach to complexities.
I started drawing Hebrew letters when I was five.
But what does that have to do with Nazis in Munich, the time I met Igor in solitary confinement in an Israeli military prison, and a really weird rabbinical heiter?
