Haifa designer Hayim Shtayer shot this Magen David photo of a JNF sticker, and the sticker is part of his collection. The sticker was issued to celebrate 30 years of Israeli Independence. I liked the top triangle with the ridges to the horizon – very original!
Haifa designer Hayim Shtayer shot this photo of a blue on white Star of David on a “Let My People Go” sticker, and the sticker is part of his collection. It was used during the successful campaign for letting Soviet Jewry immigrate to Israel after Six Days War.
Copyright: Hayim Shtayer 2007
Haifa designer Hayim Shtayer shot this photo of pale green Stars of David inside the Hebrew letter Shin on an election sticker with the words: “This time a Government with Shinuy”. The sticker is part of his collection. Election times are prone to excessive usage of our national emblem, as well as Independence Day, and it is pushed to every groove, even if it is not a must.
Copyright: Hayim Shtayer 2007
Haifa designer Hayim Shtayer shot this photo of a JNF sticker with the slogan: “I live in Israel -Why Don’t You?” and the sticker is part of his collection. The design is based on the Israeli flag, which is a separate symbol that justifies a separate blog dedicated to it, but since the Star of David in not in its center, I made my own rules flexible.
Haifa designer Hayim Shtayer shot this photo of a blue Star of David with a red Soviet Union star on a “Let My People Go” sticker. The sticker is part of his collection. It was used during the successful campaign to let Soviet Jewry immigrate to Israel after Six Days War.
The graphic design is fascinating: the transition from suppression to freedom is expressed by adding one point to the five-pointed Soviet Union star and by changing its color from red into blue. The transition is represented by the red arrow that prolongs the Hebrew letter Lamed.
Copyright: Hayim Shtayer 2007
Haifa designer Hayim Shtayer shot this photo of a Star of David with the words Marry Christmas. I published already a few Stars of David ןn connection with Christmas, but they were all abroad. It is important that Israelis will understand that this emblem is important to other religions too.
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Haifa designer Hayim Shtayer shot this photo of a black Star of David on a Kahane Movement sticker, and the sticker is part of his collection. The Hebrew words say: "Arab, don’t you dare to think about a Jewess". It is interesting to note that the bottom triangle is created from the wrist, and the right side of it must be completed by the viewer’s imagination. The successful design and the disgusting message remind me of the verse in proverbs 11:22: “like a gold ring in a pig's snout”.
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Haifa designer Hayim Shtayer shot this photo of a colorful Star of David on a sticker of Good Will Ambassadors Organization, and the sticker is part of his collection. The Hebrew words say: "Don’t be a hooligan, represent us honorably abroad ". The word "hooligan" in Hebrew is similar to the word for "abroad" and the designer used this similarity to maximize the effect of his message. Interestingly the Star of David is made from six non-equilateral triangles and not from the known design of two equilateral triangles. These triangles also create a hexagonal frame in the center of the logo.
Copyright: Hayim Shtayer 2007.
Haifa designer Hayim Shtayer shot this photo of a sticker against abortions, and the sticker is part of his collection. We see an embryo in a womb, which has the shape of a Star of David.The Star of David is used frequently as a frame for “important things” like peace, Zion, Jerusalem. This specific design makes you think of every frame as a womb, or the other way round: of every womb as a frame.
Copyright: Hayim Shtayer 2007
Haifa designer Hayim Shtayer shot this photo of a Star of David on a, “I’m a Zionist” Armband. The shape of the Star is made from the Hebrew letters of the words “Ani Zioi” (I’m a Zionist). Using different Hebrew letters to build a Star of David is quite abundant, but, of course, foreigners might miss the point.
Haifa designer Hayim Shtayer shot this photo of a Star of David on a genuine hand-made Peace (Shalom) candle, and it is part of his collection of interesting objects.
Photo of Star of David on a pacifier and on a bottle was shot by Haifa designer Hayim Shtayer
Photo of orange Star of David shot by Haifa designer Hayim Shtayer.
Copyright: Hayim Shtayer 2007
This is the peculiarly appropriate symbol of the Hebrew faith which for ages hasFrom: Rosicrucian Symbology, By Khei, F. R. Khei, Kessinger Publishing, 1996 , ISBN 156459842X.
maintained the existence of but ONE God perfectly expressed in both the physical
and material worlds. Continuing the process of development we enclose our
six-pointed star in the original sphere indicated by the circle…symbolize
harmony of the spirit that descended into matter and the Body now purified and
arisen with Divinity or the Over-Soul.
Photo of Six-pointed star in Denmark is courtesy of Ben Piven who shot it in Copenhagen in august 2005 and published it on Flickr.
Photo of Star of David at the entrance to the Jewish Museum in Girona is courtesy of Ben Piven who published it on Flickr
Yellow stars of David on a German book cover designed by
Photo of Stars of David on Moti Argaman’s self Portrait is courtesy of Moti Argaman who
Photo of half Star of David burnt in a wood Mezuzah is courtesy of Moti Argaman who was born in BeerSheba in 1958 , learned graphic design and traveled the world between 1981 and 1995, and lives now in Germany.
Photo is courtesy of Ben Piven who shot it while he visited Israel and published it on Flick under the title Londonite Judean. I can hear the guy in this photo saying: The Magen David is:
Photo is courtesy of painter Jacob Porat.
Red Jewish star on a Poster of Der ewige Jude ("The Eternal Jew") the most famous Nazi propaganda film
selected six pointed hex signs derived from rubbings of Texas Germangravestones… double sechsstern Drudenfuss, New Braunfels old town cemetery,Comal county, 1874.
Among the Pennsylvania Germans the term Hexefiess also meaning “witch’s foot” ispreferred the six-pointed variety, or hexagram. Is also. Along with the compassstar, called a sechsstern
Haifa designer Hayim Shyater took this photo of an advertisement where the Star of David gives the hat patriotic meaning and makes it interesting
Charlotte Halle wrote in Haartz on April 12, 2007 about stamp collector Lawrence Fisher from Ra'anana, Israel who collects stamps across the Arab world some carrying anti-Israel messages like an Iraqi stamp issued in 1983 commemorating the "Aftermath of the Zionist Racist Aggression on Sabra and Shattela," depicting blood dripping from the Star of David and a fist with blood coming out of the ground…
I already saw all kinds of designs introduced into this hexagonal frame that the hexagram contains, but this is the first time I see there a sphinx.
Photo is courtesy of A Speaking Soul (Aaron James) who published it on Flickr . Looks ancient, as an archaeological artifact...
Photo is courtesy of dM.nyc who published it on Flickr and who shot it inside the lobby of the James Farley Post Office in New York City. I can tell you that my post office in Jerusalem doesn't have such a luxurious ornamentation, maybe it takes 200 years since your first Independence Day, and maybe we don't like decorations...
Photo of Star of David in the emblem of the Palmach Company in Italy (1946-47) is courtesy of Dita Perach From the Palmach Association and it is copied from the beautiful (Hebrew only) Palmach website
Hayim Shtayer took this photo of Israeli Fire Brigade sign, in the form of a white Star of David on the red background of the car, during Second Lebanon War in 2006.
From designer Hayim Shtayer's important collection of Jewish New Year Cards. We see Stars of David on the Pre-Israeli flag and on the dress of the Daughter of Zion, on the background of the new city - Tel Aviv. The words on top are written in Yidish: panoramic view of Tel Aviv.