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.
An Israeli flag appears on a bag promoting the selling of dresses. I didn't see actually any doll walking in the street with this kind of gadget, but it seems that it won't be long till each Israeli patriot will have at least one of these bags (and then the Arabs will make bags with their own flags:)
Picture by Hayim Shtayer. Copyright Hayim Shtayer 2009
Dr Claude Wainstain, who lives in Saint-Mandé France, just published (in French) in the "Echo de la Timbrologie" of May 2009 an article titled: Sous le signe de l’etoile [under the sign of the star] which includes dozens of examples of philatelic items that show a hexagram.
Lena Harris died on Jan. 7, 1929 at the age of 72. She was the mother of Morris Harris, designer of the flag that hang in 1897 at the first Zionist Congress hall in Bazel, Switzerland. She sewed this flag. Morris & Lena Harris also made twelve smaller flags representing the twelve tribes.
Her tombstone is at the Independent Stamford Lodge Cemetery in Darien, Connecticut.
Copyright: caboose_rodeo (from Flickr) 2009
Morris Harris (Jan. 25, 1874-Oct. 16, 1952) was a member of Hovevei Zion and a flag manufacturer ("Harlem Upholsterer" on 116th street New York). In 1897 he designed the flag of the first Zionist Congress that was held in Basel, Switzerland. He continued manufacturing these flags for many years, until he gave the design to the American Flag Company. His tombstone is at the Independent Stamford Lodge Cemetery in Darien, Connecticut.
Copyright: caboose_rodeo (from Flickr) 2009
There’s a 12th century hexagram at the dome of the Armenian Cathedral of St. James, which is located in the Armenian Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem. There’s a connection between the six-pointed star and the 12 Apostles (and St. James was one of them) – but I don’t think that this is the meaning of this special hexagram in this case..
Picture is courtesy of surrealpenguin from Flickr
