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.
Sunday, March 09, 2008
Uruguay Salutes the Maccabiah
Star of David appears on a Uruguay postage stamp issued in 1991 to mark the Jewish sport games. I can understand the interest of the Israeli Postal Authority to issue such stamps, but why would any Uruguayan citizen be interested in such a subject seems enigmatic to me.