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 2013-03-31 2:01 PM |
Champion  6046    New York, NY |  Subject: I got a tattooNever thought those words would come from me - but then in September, the NYT ran a piece on the descendants of Holocaust survivors tattoing their relatives numbers on their arms and it hit me at this deep deep primal level. Some were just putting the word zachor on their wrist (remember). To my knowledge I do not have any relatives that survived (my family came over earlier). So I started thinking of what I wanted. I knew it had to be on my left forearm, as that is where the numbers were put on and I settled on the hebrew phrase that is used (remember, and never forget). I found a hebrew scribe to write it out so it would look pretty and not the equivalent of times new roman on my arm.
Then there was the issue of no swimming...so I had to wait until after San Juan 70.3 (which was 2 weeks ago). I researched tattoo artists in NYC and found a place that had someone familiar with hebrew font and met with him a week before the race - put down my deposit and got it last week. Here it is today:
feedback thus far has been overwhelmingly positive - even my old patients are touched by it.
So COJ what do you think? |
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Champion 16151 Checkin' out the podium girls | Subject: RE: I got a tattoo I'm not a tattoo person, but that's beautiful. |
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Champion 6627 Rochester Hills, Michigan Gold member | Subject: RE: I got a tattoo |
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Master 2264 Sunbury, Pennsylvania | Subject: RE: I got a tattoo Nice work. One of my 14pieces is in Hebrew. Where I live, very very few people can read it. For those of us not directly affected the way your family was, the "never forget" is still so vital. For all our claims on modernity, the ease with which humanity still tries to go down that road is chilling. Thank you for sharing that with us. |
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Champion 6046 New York, NY | Subject: RE: I got a tattoo rkreuser - 2013-03-31 4:02 PM Long sleeves on TV?! Gorgeous, even better it's meaningful. Congrats!
well tonight on Fox yes, but I am sure it will poke out this summer.....heh heh
long sleeves in front of my parents? yes! |
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Champion 6046 New York, NY | Subject: RE: I got a tattoo TheClaaaw - 2013-03-31 4:10 PM Nice work. One of my 14pieces is in Hebrew. Where I live, very very few people can read it. For those of us not directly affected the way your family was, the "never forget" is still so vital. For all our claims on modernity, the ease with which humanity still tries to go down that road is chilling. Thank you for sharing that with us.
that is what made me do it - the number of holocaust deniers! the fact that it is being repeated in various countries around the world.... I decided to be a living memorial.....
and even around here, the kids in hebrew day school still struggled to read it....lol |
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Pro 9391 Omaha, NE | Subject: RE: I got a tattoo Looks great and an awesome tribute. |
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Elite 4372 Connecticut | Subject: RE: I got a tattoo Love it! |
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Pro 4838 | Subject: RE: I got a tattoo Love it. Congrats. |
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Royal(PITA) 14270 West Chester, Ohio | Subject: RE: I got a tattoo Beautiful way to remember. |
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Champion 6931 Bellingham, Washington | Subject: RE: I got a tattoo Nice story to the tattoo, and nicely done. |
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Champion 10550 Austin, Texas | Subject: RE: I got a tattoo Absolutely love it, as well as the meaning behind it for you.  |
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Pro 15655 | Subject: RE: I got a tattoo I have no tatoos. I can safely say I've never seen a tatoo on anyone that I thought was worth a damn......until now. Very well done. |
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Expert 2180 Boise, Idaho | Subject: RE: I got a tattoo It's everything I think a tattoo should be. Congrats. |
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Extreme Veteran 1704 Penticton, BC | Subject: RE: I got a tattoo Go to IMDB.com and read the trivia on Gene Simmons of KISS. I read it atleast once a year to remember and I'm not even Jewish.
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Champion 6046 New York, NY | Subject: RE: I got a tattoo knew Simmons was Jewish - did not realize his mom was a holocaust survivor. Left Brain et al - I had similar feelings about tats - cannot even describe how the NYT piece made me feel - glad the intent translated to the final |
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Champion 10471 Dallas, TX | Subject: RE: I got a tattoo |
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Elite 5145 Cleveland | Subject: RE: I got a tattoo That turned out really well! Very, very cool. |
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Master 2500 Crab Cake City | Subject: RE: I got a tattoo Awesome Tat! |
| 2013-04-01 7:59 PM in reply to: #4680870 |
Expert 924 Western WI | Subject: RE: I got a tattoo Llove the art and the meaning behind it. Beautiful. |
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