Jewish tartan?

[auld argonian]

Londonderry had a large Jewish population....one of my G to the nth power Grandmothers was one of them....nice tartan for Londonderry.

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AA

[cacunn]

Speaking of wacky tartans? Why not an Elvis Presley tartan--- ? :-)

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

Would this be Leopard spots on black velvet with gold lame’ strips. Pleated so the gold strips flashes as he walks?

Sorry to many years in Memphis.

[Monkey@Arms]

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

Hey, Nanook. Interesting post. Is there any materials on the net about the Gordon theory, or early Jewish settlers in Scotland? Also, I'm confused Elvis =Jewish?

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".

I know of quite a few Jewish UK wearers who participate on the UK board. Definitely an untapped market for a new heritage tartan. I am sure we could come up with an appropriate color scheme.

Best regards,

Jake

[Erisianmonkey]

I know of quite a few Jewish UK wearers who participate on the UK board. Definitely an untapped market for a new heritage tartan. I am sure we could come up with an appropriate color scheme.

Hmm, color scheme for a Jewish Tartan. White for the lamb's wool of traditional sacrifices, black for the captivity in Egypt and the Holocaust, red for the blood on the door posts at passover, brown for the sands of the desert wilderness they wandered in for 40 years, and gold for the menorah at Chanukah?

A quick trip to House of Tartan's interactive weaver and I came up with this:
Edit- The wide red stripe should be brown!

Hey, I got the clickable thing right. DISCLAIMER: I am not an expert tartan designer nor expert on Jewish history and culture. The colors selected were just what immediately sprang to mind.

[Riverkilt]

My memory cells have dust on them, but thought there was a similar thread a year or so ago. Jist of it was a blue and white tartan to incorporate the colors of the flag of Isreal...? A makeshift effort to be sure, but might be more on that thread if anyone could (apologies) ressurect it.

Ron

[thescot]

Interesting that there was a Jewish brigade formed for WW I by the British army. Interesting article here: http://www.answers.com/topic/jewish-legion

You can get a really nice rabbi chaplain's badge here: http://cgi.ebay.com/Jewish-rabbi-cha...QQcmdZViewItem

And I would kind of like having a kilt in that tartan Erisianmonkey came up with. It looks great.

Added: Here's a cap badge from the Jewish regiment. Purportedly original. http://cgi.ebay.com/JEWISH-REG-CAP-B...QQcmdZViewItem

[Monkey@Arms]

My memory cells have dust on them, but thought there was a similar thread a year or so ago. Jist of it was a blue and white tartan to incorporate the colors of the flag of Isreal...? A makeshift effort to be sure, but might be more on that thread if anyone could (apologies) ressurect it.

Ron

Nice looking tartan, but I agree a Jewish heritage tartan would need some blue and white. Ron, the last time it came up that I can recall was in a thread by Kiltedcossak, but we didn't get too far that time either.

Best regards,

Jake

[Nanook]

Hey, Nanook. Interesting post. Is there any materials on the net about the Gordon theory, or early Jewish settlers in Scotland?

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/.../Scotland.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_Gordon

And for the out and beyond:
http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.p...=0-7864-2800-7
http://dnaconsultants.com/Detailed/109.html

Also, I'm confused Elvis =Jewish?

He was a Jew. http://www.elvispresleynews.com/JewishElvis.html
He might have been raised more as a Christian and not openly (I actually met Elvis a few times but that's another set of stories) Jewish but according to Halacha (Jewish law) he was a Jew.

[Nanook]

brown for the sands of the desert wilderness

Unless one was a follower of Jabotinsky brown is not a good colour.

gold for the menorah at Chanukah?

Chanukias are traditionally not gold.

How about black and white stripes as in the most popular pattern for Tallit Gadol? :-)

[Monkey@Arms]

Thanks again, Nanook.

As Spock would say: Fascinating.

Best regards,

Jake