Kosher Kilts and Plaid Skullcaps: Scotland’s Jews Get a Tartan
By STEVEN ERLANGER
MARCH 31, 2016
The new tartan combines colors from the Scottish and Israeli flags — both blue and white — with a central gold line to represent the gold from the Ark, silver to represent the Torah and a deep red to symbolize Kiddush wine.
The Jews of Scotland finally have a tartan to call their own. Or, disputatiously, they seem to have two of them.Rabbi Mendel Jacobs, who calls himself the only Scottish-born rabbi in Scotland, has drawn a wave of attention for his “Jewish Tartan,” the first kosher Jewish tartan registered with the official Scottish Register of Tartans, established by the Scottish Parliament in 2008.
Source: Kosher Kilts and Plaid Skullcaps: Scotland’s Jews Get a Tartan – The New York Times
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