This blog (by Zeev Barkan) is dedicated to the Star of David, its history, its various meanings and usages in different cultures. It includes thousands of pictures of Star of David, six-pointed stars, hexagrams, Solomon's Seals, Magen Davids and yellow badges,and served as a resource for three books and four art exhibitions.
Photo is courtesy of jessie doncaster who Published it on Flickr under the title:"for me pa" with the caption:my new tatt... got it a few weeks ago but it still isn't completely healed... it's for my dad for a lot of reasons.... maybe i'll explain later :)
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See religious tattoos:
http://www.religioustattoos.net/Other_Tattoos/Star_of_David/index.php
From:http://www.jewishchronicle.org/issues/20010302/localnews2.htm
Ilan Sasson, 35, said that he feels “alienated from American Jews.” Sasson, a self-trained “electro-mechanical assembler” and motorcycle enthusiast who once “owned nine bikes,” said he does not fit the profile of a north shore resident.
“I have Jewish tattoos: my whole back is a Star of David, and my family name is [tattooed] in Hebrew letters,” he said. “I lead a very secular lifestyle.”
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