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If she's Jewish, what will her beit din and shul do? Whether Carolin Berger is a Jewish "Berger" and not just a German "Berger" is what I tried to find out after I first read the news of her death on AOL. Searching on Google and reading through quite a few articles, all I can conclude is that her husband (Tim Berger) may be Jewish; and if he is, his beit din and shul has to decide on the halakhah involved in his wife's case.
From what I've read, Jews with tattoos were forbidden to be buried in Jewish cemeteries unless the tattoos were forced on them (i.e., in the Shoah, in a trafficking ring). Nowadays, Jews with tattoos can be buried in at least Non-Haredi P'rushi (i.e., Non-"Hasidic"; Non-Orthodox P'rushi) cemeteries. Meanwhile, no Jew who committed suicide- P'rushi, Anusi, or otherwise- unless due to circumstances like the Shoah (i.e., that horrible day known as Kristallnacht on which many Jews did commit suicide) could be buried in a Jewish cemetery. The suicide ruling still applies.
On a side note, by the way, Great-Granddad Czarnecki (born Chernetski) was an Anusi Ashkenazi Yehudi who was an Anusi from the time that his parents became Anusim during the pogroms (He was 2 or 3 then.) to the time that he committed suicide on December 2, 1964. He's a case of an Anusi who would not allowed to have been buried in a Jewish cemetery, even if he became a "ba'al teshuvah"- although the only real ba'alot teshuvot are Meshichim Yehudim, but that's another discussion.
Meanwhile, back to Carolin Berger: so, she will not have tattoos held against her (as far as I know) and she did not commit suicide. Then again, would unnecessary breast augmenting be considered indirect or second-degree suicide? Meanwhile, unless the breast augmentation is held as suicide, she will have it apply to her only as tattoos would (as far as I know).
By the way, Yahadut Kara'i (Karaite Judaism) and Yahadut Meshichi work differently than Yahadut P'rushi (Yahadut "Rabbanit").
From what I've read, Jews with tattoos were forbidden to be buried in Jewish cemeteries unless the tattoos were forced on them (i.e., in the Shoah, in a trafficking ring). Nowadays, Jews with tattoos can be buried in at least Non-Haredi P'rushi (i.e., Non-"Hasidic"; Non-Orthodox P'rushi) cemeteries. Meanwhile, no Jew who committed suicide- P'rushi, Anusi, or otherwise- unless due to circumstances like the Shoah (i.e., that horrible day known as Kristallnacht on which many Jews did commit suicide) could be buried in a Jewish cemetery. The suicide ruling still applies.
On a side note, by the way, Great-Granddad Czarnecki (born Chernetski) was an Anusi Ashkenazi Yehudi who was an Anusi from the time that his parents became Anusim during the pogroms (He was 2 or 3 then.) to the time that he committed suicide on December 2, 1964. He's a case of an Anusi who would not allowed to have been buried in a Jewish cemetery, even if he became a "ba'al teshuvah"- although the only real ba'alot teshuvot are Meshichim Yehudim, but that's another discussion.
Meanwhile, back to Carolin Berger: so, she will not have tattoos held against her (as far as I know) and she did not commit suicide. Then again, would unnecessary breast augmenting be considered indirect or second-degree suicide? Meanwhile, unless the breast augmentation is held as suicide, she will have it apply to her only as tattoos would (as far as I know).
By the way, Yahadut Kara'i (Karaite Judaism) and Yahadut Meshichi work differently than Yahadut P'rushi (Yahadut "Rabbanit").
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