Wednesday, December 27, 2006

To the Flag

To the Flag poster jewish star Picture was copied from Wikipedia

Jewish Star on the sleeve of a Jewish fighter.
recruitment drive poster from the 1940s to the Jewish Brigade reads: "Soliders of 1915-1918: to the flag!" From: Haganah Archive [http://www.archives.mod.gov.il/pages/search/ItemDescPhoto.asp?ID=33511&PageNo=1&ARC=2&AR=2])

Jewish Brigade insignia

Jewish Brigade insignia star
Yellow Jewish appears on the Jewish Brigade insignia.

Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Cathedral at Mazatlan, Mexico

Cathedral Mexico Hexagram Hexagram in a stained glass in the cathedral at Mazatlan.
Photo is courtesy of Amy Turner who published it on Webshots and wrote to me:
I wish I remembered more of the story the tour guide told us, but I believe he said that the cathedral was funded in part by local Jewish people. In their honor, the Star of David was incorporated into the stained glass.

Judeo-Christian House of Prayer

Each religion has its separate house of prayer so that Isaiah’s vision in chapter 56:6-7 about A House Of Prayer For All Peoples seems quite distant, but here is an example for a small step in the right direction...
Picture is courtesy of Robert Pollack who wrote to me

It's on the chapel (non-denominational) on the campus of Ole Miss (The University of Mississippi) in Oxford, Mississippi. I have heard that the chapel was built by a Jewish alumnus who married a Christian -- or maybe a Christian alumnus who married a Jew -- and who wanted to incorporate both images on the chapel.

Madonna Lily

I already wrote about the Lilium Candidum but Moti Salti has someting different to say about it on his very aesthetic blog he wrote that he believes the origins of the Hexagram and its meaning came from the lily, which King Solomon adored and chose as his symbol.  The lily has white petals and a phalic rod making it hermaphroditic - and that's why it is considered a symbol of unity of male and female.

Monday, December 25, 2006

Nazi Poster

Nazi Poster Jewish starThis poster with a red Jewish star was copied from Wikipedia entry
"The eternal Jew" Nazi Film Poster.
It appeared on the film's program which was written by Goebbels' Ministry of Propaganda


Kagome lattice

Kagome lattice Hexagram
The name Kagome means the pattern of holes ("me" for eyes kago for a basket .
Did ancient Israelites take the Star of David with them to different countries after their first and second Temples were destroyed? A positive answer to this question might help shed some light on the origin of this symbol. There are many groups who are candidates for this investigation: Yemenite Jews, Cochin Jews, lost tribes etc.

Few researchers claim that ancient Israelites arrived to Japan and left there some Jewish artifacts. The founder of the Makuya Japanese cult Ikuro Teshima believed these Israelites were called the Hata tribe and that They left Kagome crest at some of Shinto's oldest and most important shrines; the crest, a relatively simple shape, is a six-pointed star identical to the Star of David.
Picture of kagome lattice Hexagram was copied from Wikipedia

Prof. Shiloni wrote in his book that Isa stone lanterns, bearing Stars of David, were established in the 20th century by a manufacturer of soy sauce that had this trademark 
Source: Hebrew article:
http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART2/704/681.html