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The Smart Bitches have alerted us all to the new official Jewish tartan from Scotland.

scotland is the New Cool. everybody needs an official tartan.

My maternal grandfather was a member of Clan Fraser (although it's spelled 'Freasier' in our family XD). My grandparents brought me a skirt in the Dress Fraser tartan one year when they returned from Scotland. :D

I heard about that last week and was amused, though my understanding is that it wasn't registered with the 'main' official tartan registry but a secondary one? I don't know much about tartans in general so I've no idea what that means.

OTOH, I keep meaning to pass the word along to my friend

esterchaya who is both a Scottish citizen and an Orthodox Jew.

Also? How cool would it be to have a plaid tallis with matching kipah? I think I need one of those...

A quick bit of Googling and Wikipedia suggests that the Scottish Tartan Authority, which registered the tartan, is currently the only "official" register, but a bill is in the Scottish Parliament to make an official registry (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/7461981.stm) overseen by the National Archives.

So it's not quite yet the secondary registry but probably will be in the future. :D

Already available on mousepads and golf balls!

You're not a real tartan unless you can be purchased on a coffee mug.

I'd say the ultimate test is wall-to-wall carpet and matching curtains.

So that when he is wearing his kilt, the Scots Ninja can hide in plain sight.

you may laugh, but me and mark both have jammies that match our sheets.

however, they are not tartan.

myrialux lives in an apartment in a bright orange building. Until it finally wore out, one of his favorite outfits was a pair of orange shorts paired with an orange Garbage concert t-shirt. If he stood very still, you'd totally miss him. XD

wimps!

Does that mean there used to be an unofficial Jewish tartan?

It's serious! And pretty!

I like this a lot better than my actual clan tartan - perhaps I could convert?

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