After being linked to Kabbalah mania last year, it appears soccer superstar David Beckham has authentic Jewish origins: Ynet News reports he “recently found out” his mum comes from a Jewish family. Like other Judeophilic celebrities, he used the occasion to acquire a Hebrew tattoo, a famous quotation from “The Song of Songs”: “I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine.”
His wife, the former Posh Spice, who as far as we know is still not Jewish, liked it so much she got a matching one for herself. Of all his tattoos, including the giant cross on his neck, Beckham says this one is the “most romantic.”
As much as we appreciate the romanticism of matching tattoos (dare we admit in our youth we, um, not only thought it was a good idea but actually went out and did it?) and the inch-by-inch ink reportage of David Beckham’s naked body, we’re actually more interested on why his “coming out” has taken so long to catch on.