With tattoo artists' help, survivors of the 2018 shooting at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue are still healing from trauma — through tattoo expression.
PITTSBURGH — If you happened to be wandering through the halls of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh's Irene Kaufmann Building one recent Wednesday afternoon, you might have heard an unfamiliar sound emanating from one of its ballrooms and seen a few people wandering around who might not fit the typical mold of a JCC member.
Those survivors were taking part in what is known as"Healing Ink," a type of body-art therapy that was originally designed to help Israeli terrorist attack victims turn their scars into tattoos. The JCC event was put on by Healing Ink's parent company Artists 4 Israel in conjunction with the locally based 10.27 Healing Partnership, which was established following the Tree of Life shooting to provide aid to those most directly affected.
Craig Dershowitz, Artists 4 Israel's founder and CEO, echoed sentiments about how tattoos can make it easier for trauma victims to"reclaim their bodies" as they continue on their journeys toward something at least resembling normalcy. Eric said his grandmother was the"best person" he knew, and Amy described her as a"loving person" who cherished being around her family. They both reminisced about her cooking and said that things are as normal as possible for both of them more than three years after losing her.Photos: Tattoos help Pittsburgh synagogue shooting survivors heal One of the tattoo artists was Brittany Arizona, a 26-year-old who flew in from DeLand, Fla.
None of the tattoo artists in attendance took their responsibilities lightly, including Arizona and Jamie Handyside, 21, of Bellevue, Pa. Handyside spent three years at the Ice 9 Studio tattoo shop as an apprentice and, like many Pittsburghers, had her sense of security at home permanently rocked by the Tree of Life shooting. She may not be Jewish, but she was eager to help Healing Ink with the project.
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