RJ Magazine Showing Who I Am Amber Thompson Whenever people ask me about who I am, being Jewish is one of the first things I tell them.
RJ Magazine Honoring My Grandfather Joseph Metz I have my paternal grandfather’s six-digit Holocaust number, 184203, tattooed on my wrist. What was done to him in hate, I do in love.
RJ Magazine Being Heard Nick May When I’m songleading at the URJ’s Henry S. Jacobs Camp in Utica, Mississippi, my speech impediment is not evident. But when I’m not in the spotlight, like Moses, it’s difficult for me to get the words out.
RJ Magazine Building Bridges Rabbi Marshal Klaven I am a rabbi, proud to affirm my love of Judaism…on my skin. I got my first tattoo at age 16 after returning from a high school program in Israel.
The Biblical Body as Canvas June 1, 2014 Why have human beings throughout the ages and across cultures chosen to tattoo their bodies? RJ Magazine