Dick Ben Dor, Genesis, Day Four

Photo is courtesy of Israeli painter Dick Ben Dor who made a series of seven paintings depicting the seven days of Genesis.

And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years, and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so. And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars. And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

Copyright: Dick Ben Dor 2008
Email Dick Ben Dor: dbendor1@bezeqint.net

Dick Ben Dor, Genesis, Day One

Picture is courtesy of Israeli painter Dick Ben Dor who made a series of seven paintings depicting the seven days of Genesis.

1:1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

Copyright: Dick Ben Dor 2008

Dick Ben Dor, Hope

Dr. Dalia Haker-Orion, who took part in the opening of the Star of David in The Israeli Art Exhibition in Yavne, about a month ago, referred me to the Israeli painter Dick Ben Dor. I contacted him and he told me that a few years ago he was asked to represent Israel in an art exhibition abroad, which was dedicated to the subject of the three monotheistic religions. He was asked to prepare some big paintings on Star of David frames. He looked for a carpenter who will prepare these frames for him but eventually had to make them himself. When he finished the paintings he got the announcement that the exhibition was canceled. Meanwhile people started reacting to the works and they were exhibited in a few places and next month some of these works will travel to a gallery in France.

Dick Ben Dor was born in 1936, Amsterdam, came to Israel in 1951 and studied at the Workshop of Motti Mizrachi and at the College of Painting and Sculpture in Ramat Gan.

The painting is titled Hope and it's size is 2.10 meters. It deals with the Holocaust.

Email Dick Ben Dor: dbendor1@bezeqint.net

Student Paper Cut Brown

Photo is courtesy of artist Zipora Ne'eman, who not only makes paper cuts but also teaches how to make them. Here we see a work of one of her students with a Star of David in the center encircled by six Menorahs. Copyright: Zipora Ne'eman 2007

Yaakov Ne'eman Ushpizin Paper Cut

Photo is courtesy of Zipora Ne'eman who learned the art of paper cut from her father in law, Ya’akov Ne’eman, who started making paper cuts in 1977 while he was 70 years old. He created about 600 original paper cuts in 12 years and is considered to be one of the gratest paper cut artists in the 20th century.

This paper cut is titled Ushpizin. The six sides of the Magen David symbolize the six Ushpizin:Abram, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Aaron, Joseph. The Magen David in its entirety symbolizes the last Ushpizin – King David
Copyright: Zipora Ne'eman 2007
Email: Zipora_n@hotmail.com

Badges Worn In Nazi Concentration Camps

Photo of the International Monument in Dachau concentration camp is courtesy of photomaven who published it on Flickr with the following caption:
These were the various symbols that residents of the camp wore to indicate who they were.

Kabbalah Virtue

Photo of Star of David Kabbalah Virtue is courtesy of Tzfat Artist Reli Wasser
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Tzfat Artists are known to be influenced by the Kabbalah and so is Reli. Virtu is called in Hebrew Segulah.