Jewish Tartan

[Arlen]

Chipping in a bit late...
I live just next to the highest Jewish population in Scotland. It's not at all uncommon to see folk wearing matching Kilts and Kippot to weddings or Bar Mitvahs.
I knew a folk folk when I was in School who would wear the Gordon tartan as in some Jewish communities Gordon is a popular surname. (There are many stories of why.)

[gilmore]

Chipping in a bit late...
I live just next to the highest Jewish population in Scotland. It's not at all uncommon to see folk wearing matching Kilts and Kippot to weddings or Bar Mitvahs.
I knew a folk folk when I was in School who would wear the Gordon tartan as in some Jewish communities Gordon is a popular surname. (There are many stories of why.)

Do Glaswegian Jews wear the Gordon tartan more often because their surname is Gordon, or because it has become identified as a (or the) Jewish tartan? What other tartans are popular?

[Arlen]

Do Glaswegian Jews wear the Gordon tartan more often because their surname is Gordon, or because it has become identified as a (or the) Jewish tartan? What other tartans are popular?

A bit of both, really.
I knew a few Jewish Gordons with whom I went to school and few who just wore the Gordon tartan because it was pretty much accepted as a tartan that a lot of the local Jewish boys wore.
And I can honestly say, none of the Gordons I went to school with who were not Jewish ever has a problem with it.

[gilmore]

A bit of both, really.
I knew a few Jewish Gordons with whom I went to school and few who just wore the Gordon tartan because it was pretty much accepted as a tartan that a lot of the local Jewish boys wore.
And I can honestly say, none of the Gordons I went to school with who were not Jewish ever has a problem with it.

Arlen,

Thanks very much for the info.

Some of the various stories of the Jewish connection, if any, to the Gordon clan and name are gone over a bit in this earlier thread on Jewish tartans: http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/j...ghlight=jewish
Some are obviously fanciful, some could be closer to the truth, and some are indeed true.

Did/do the Jewish Glaswegians you know wear kilts and kippot in the usual Gordon tartan (mostly dark green and dark blue with yellow overstripe) or do/did they more often wear dress Gordon tartan (white background with dark green stripes and yellow overstripe), or both?

Were/are there other tartans that were/are popular with Jewish Glaswegians?