Question: Is it true that, according to Jewish law, Jews with tatoos may not be buried in a Jewish cemetery?
Answer: No, but Jewish law does forbid the tatooing of the body. For an interesting article on Jews who tatoo their bodies with Jewish symbols, click here.
Professor: aben-ur@judnea.umass.edu,
TA: Joshua Bolton jbolton@english.umass.edu
Judaic and Near East Studies,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst.