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.
Star of David and a lion appear on the tab of the 1988 Israeli Postal Authority stamp issued to mark Independence 40 Stamp Exhibition. Designer: Asaf Berg. The Star of David represents statehood, the lion represents Jerusalem, which played host to this National Stamp Exhibition.
Yellow Badge appears on a 1995 Canadian stamp in memorial of the Jewish Holocaust.
Yellow Badge appears also on:
JNF “remember” Stamp from 1987
Israeli “The Bear” stamp from 2003
Israeli “Holocaust & Revival stamp from 2003
American “Liberation of the Nazi Camps” stamp from 1995.
Picture is courtesy of Stephanie Comfort.
One of three Festivals 5759 (1998) Holy Ark Curtains postage stamps issued in 1998 carries a Star of David and a Menorah, two Jewish emblems that appear often on Holy Ark Curtains. Designed by Yitzhak Granot.
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All the works deal with the Israeli national emblem- the Star of David. Artists who met on cyberspace will shake hands and SPEAK with each other starting from
17th April 2008, 20:00, at Beit Sokolov, the Government Press Office, Tel Aviv, Israel.
