tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7976081.post5564550833081340836..comments2024-03-15T10:36:55.634+02:00Comments on Bat Aliyah: Do We Know Who We Really Are?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7976081.post-48447050549135581162009-08-08T22:46:21.964+03:002009-08-08T22:46:21.964+03:00I was just reading online and found an interesting...I was just reading online and found an interesting possible explanation for this- that the women are sometimes taken by muslim men. The Christians tattoo a cross on their forehead to keep that from happening. Maybe the Jews do it for that reason.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7976081.post-16817836094702334292008-03-30T08:57:00.000+03:002008-03-30T08:57:00.000+03:00The first time I saw a mark like that was on a wai...The first time I saw a mark like that was on a waitress at an Israeli restaurant I went to with my university Hebrew class in NYC. Someone asked the professor about the cross tattoo and she somehow got the waitress to talk about it with us. She explained to us that many Ethiopian Jews mark the foreheads of their children with crosses to protect their children and hide their Jewish identity from those who may want to do them harm simply because they are Jewish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com