Tattoos to self-portraits

His body is nearly fully covered with tattoos, and he's often inked hamsas and Stars of David for others.

Yet, Israeli-born tattoo artist Ami James, star of TLC's reality TV show "Miami Ink" says he is uncomfortable with Jewish-themed body art.

James discussed his childhood in Israel -- "when no one had tattoos" -- his Jewish mother's outrage at his first tattoo at age 15, his aversion to drawing biblical ink, and stated that, for him, tattoos are an expression of art, not Jewish identity.

"If I could carry a painting on my back all day, I would," he said.

Gaza new venue for 'never again'

Classrooms in strife-torn Gaza may be the site of a controversial experiment in teaching about human rights, a program that includes a section on the lessons of the Holocaust and on the immorality of purposely firing rockets into civilian areas.

Those classrooms will be one of the only places in the Arab world where a Shoah-related curriculum is being taught, according to John Ging, director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, which developed the initiative.

"If you're going to teach human rights in a very intensive way, you cannot but teach the Holocaust and all that goes with that," Ging explained.