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.
Haifa designer Hayim Shtayer sent me this scan of an invitation flyer to an Israeli Independence Day Party from 2005. We see here a black Star of David surrounding the belly button of an extremely handsome young lady, and as far as I can tell this is the first time ever that a belly button captures the center of our national emblem. Isn’t that something? Shall we add a belly button to our flag?
Copyright: © Hayim Shtayer 2008
Haifa designer Hayim Shtayer sent me this scan from the opening page of the book Poems from the Ghetto (1902). The Illustrator is the first Zionist painter, E.M. Lilien, and to the best of my knowledge this is the first Star of David shaped text.
I published already a photo of a Star of David from E.M. Lilien’s illustrations to the book Poems from the Ghetto (1902) that I shot myself, but what you see here is a similar illustration with a more prominent Star of David. Haifa designer Hayim Shtayer sent me this splendid scan, and I hurry to show it to you, dear reader, because for me every illustration made by this first Zionist painter is a celebration.
