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.
Haifa designer Hayim Shtayer shot this Magen David photo of a JNF sticker, and the sticker is part of his collection. The sticker was issued to celebrate 30 years of Israeli Independence. I liked the top triangle with the ridges to the horizon – very original!
Haifa designer Hayim Shtayer shot this photo of a blue on white Star of David on a “Let My People Go” sticker, and the sticker is part of his collection. It was used during the successful campaign for letting Soviet Jewry immigrate to Israel after Six Days War.
Copyright: Hayim Shtayer 2007
Haifa designer Hayim Shtayer shot this photo of pale green Stars of David inside the Hebrew letter Shin on an election sticker with the words: “This time a Government with Shinuy”. The sticker is part of his collection. Election times are prone to excessive usage of our national emblem, as well as Independence Day, and it is pushed to every groove, even if it is not a must.
Copyright: Hayim Shtayer 2007
Haifa designer Hayim Shtayer shot this photo of a JNF sticker with the slogan: “I live in Israel -Why Don’t You?” and the sticker is part of his collection. The design is based on the Israeli flag, which is a separate symbol that justifies a separate blog dedicated to it, but since the Star of David in not in its center, I made my own rules flexible.
Haifa designer Hayim Shtayer shot this photo of a blue Star of David with a red Soviet Union star on a “Let My People Go” sticker. The sticker is part of his collection. It was used during the successful campaign to let Soviet Jewry immigrate to Israel after Six Days War.
The graphic design is fascinating: the transition from suppression to freedom is expressed by adding one point to the five-pointed Soviet Union star and by changing its color from red into blue. The transition is represented by the red arrow that prolongs the Hebrew letter Lamed.
Copyright: Hayim Shtayer 2007
Haifa designer Hayim Shtayer shot this photo of a Star of David with the words Marry Christmas. I published already a few Stars of David ןn connection with Christmas, but they were all abroad. It is important that Israelis will understand that this emblem is important to other religions too.
Copyright: Hayim Shtayer 2007
Haifa designer Hayim Shtayer shot this photo of a black Star of David on a Kahane Movement sticker, and the sticker is part of his collection. The Hebrew words say: "Arab, don’t you dare to think about a Jewess". It is interesting to note that the bottom triangle is created from the wrist, and the right side of it must be completed by the viewer’s imagination. The successful design and the disgusting message remind me of the verse in proverbs 11:22: “like a gold ring in a pig's snout”.
Copyrights: Hayim Shtayer 2007.
