Jewish tartan?

[gilmore]

Has anyone heard of a tartan associated with the Jewish people? or a Jewish family? or the nation of Israel?

Thanks for any information.

[Warlock]

Tartans aren't usually attributed to the jews. However each tribe of isreal had thier own tribal pattern woven into thier caftans. According to some of the Bedouin tribesmen thier designs go all the way back to Abraham and Issac.

[Erisianmonkey]

Wow. A Jewish tartan would be an interesting thought to me, as in my genealogical research, I've uncovered a line that is almost certainly Jewish. I've not heard of one, though. I guess it's time to head over to House of Tartan's finder and browse a little bit.

[Nanook]

Has anyone heard of a tartan associated with the Jewish people? or a Jewish family? or the nation of Israel?

There are several. Tartans, however, were not born in Scotland (neither was the bagpipe which some scholars have even suggested was brought by Jewish traders) and have an older history than the current modern approach to them as clan or family uniforms. The fringes on the Scottish plaid are..

While the first official records of Jews in Scotland date from the 17th century, Jews have been trading with and living among the lands much longer. There is much speculation, for instance, that the Gordon clan (among several others) were originally Jewish traders (גורדון) under the Norman migration. Current genetic research (still in its infancy) seems to support many of these theories that just a few years ago were considered wild and wacky.

Speaking of wacky tartans? Why not an Elvis Presley tartan--- Jewish, American and of Scottish ancestry? :-)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/3614857.stm

A special Presley tartan has been designed to honour the King of Rock and Roll's north east of Scotland roots.

Elvis's alleged roots can be traced back to tiny Lonmay in Aberdeenshire.

[McClef]

I feel a pun coming on...

Instead of a McVeigh would a Jewish tartan be McOyVeh?

[macwilkin]

One possibility would be the Glasgow district tartan, since there is a rather large Jewish community in the Gorbals.

I have seen a picture on the web from the early 20th century showing Jewish boy scouts in Glasgow, and many of the boys are wearing kilts. There was also evidently an "all-Jewish" boys pipe band in the Gorbals during the 1930's.

Regards,

Todd

[RockyR]

A good friend of ours is a jewish guy who doesn't own a kilt, but does go out to Celtic festivals and hangs out with us. Ever since he saw Utilikilts at a festival, he said he'd wear a kilt if we made him a "jew-tilikilt".

[Rusty]

I feel a pun coming on...

Instead of a McVeigh would a Jewish tartan be McOyVeh?
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Or how about Rabi Burns tartan

[macwilkin]

Or how about Rabi Burns tartan

David Dachies, one of the foremost writers on Burns, was the son of a Scottish Rabbi.

T.

[Matthew Siegmann]

Hahaha! I love it! But we won't tell my fiance about possibly making an Elvis Presley Tartan... she'd want me to get a kilt in it! As if I can afford that right now. What with the one I'm having made right now and all!