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 Chen Peiper
Copyright: Chen Peiper 2008
Right now this works is taking part in the Yellow Holocaust Star Exhibit at Yigal Alon House, Safed, which started on 30-4-2008. Curator: Reli Wasser.
Size: 10 cm x 3 cm x 3
Technique: Fusing
Title: Shield of Hope
Photo is courtesy of Dr. (Inorganic Chemistry) Miriam Cojocaru
Copyright: Miriam Cojocaru 2 008
Right now this works is taking part in the Yellow Holocaust Star Exhibit at Yigal Alon House, Safed, which started on 30-4-2008. Curator: Reli Wasser.
Size : 98x66 cm
Technique: Digital print
Miriam Cojocaru was born in 1945 in Romania.
Photo is courtesy of Dr. (Inorganic Chemistry) Miriam Cojocaru
Copyright: Miriam Cojocaru 2 008
Right now this works is taking part in the Yellow Holocaust Star Exhibit at Yigal Alon House, Safed, which started on 30-4-2008. Curator: Reli Wasser.
Size : 49x90 cm
Theme: The liberation day of the concentration camp Dachau
Technique: Watercolor
Miriam Cojocaru was born in 1945 in Romania.
Photo is courtesy of Michal Ashkenasi
Copyright: Michal Ashkenasi 2 008
Right now this works is taking part in the Yellow Holocaust Star Exhibit at Yigal Alon House, Safed, which started on 30-4-2008. Curator: Reli Wasser.
Size: 110/80 cm.
Technique : Acrylic on canvas
Michal Ashkenasi wrote:
The painting was made as an outcry against the cynical use of the "Yellow Patch" by the West Bank settlers . As a Holocaust survivor I was deeply offended
Photo by Hayim Shtayer May 2008. Copyright: Hayim Shtayer 2008.
The photographed plane is connected, so it seems, to the Independence Day flight above Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Ashkelon and Sderot and the two rows of small black Stars of David create a smoke trail. This is the only instance known to me of Stars of David which are used in this connotation.
From: http://www.israelin3-d.com/?categoryId=23429
A viewer gazing through the glasses at night sees the [Star of David] symbol on the lenses reflected from any light source – streetlights, car headlights, or even the full moon.
