Comments on: A New Generation of Israelis (Self-) Branded by the Holocaust http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2012/10/01/a-new-generation-of-israelis-self-branded-by-the-holocaust/ A First Things Blog Wed, 22 May 2013 01:44:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Fred http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2012/10/01/a-new-generation-of-israelis-self-branded-by-the-holocaust/comment-page-1/#comment-76027 Fred Mon, 01 Oct 2012 23:42:16 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/?p=48677#comment-76027 I don’t often agree with David, but in this case, I have to.

]]> By: ChrisZ http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2012/10/01/a-new-generation-of-israelis-self-branded-by-the-holocaust/comment-page-1/#comment-76013 ChrisZ Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:13:48 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/?p=48677#comment-76013 I am not as sanguine as David N over this development. It seems equally likely that self-tatooing is a way that some young people today can flatter their moral vanities by finding ways to identify with genuine instances of victimhood. The young woman’s self-reported dialogue with the Israeli police officer lends credence to this, in my opinion, as does her (obviously false) assertion that no one in her generation remembers the Holocaust.

On the other hand, it reminds me that the cross was once an instrument associated with shame, loathing, and suffering — which became at the hands of the early Christians a symbol of love, hope, and renewal. Perhaps something similar is happening with the concentration camp tatoos.

I guess only God can see into the complex reasonings that motivate people. We see them for what they really are in His good time.

]]> By: David Nickol http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2012/10/01/a-new-generation-of-israelis-self-branded-by-the-holocaust/comment-page-1/#comment-75997 David Nickol Mon, 01 Oct 2012 19:09:11 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/?p=48677#comment-75997 Some see it as a beautiful way to remember and honor those who went through so much suffering.

Count me among them.

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