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 on a colorful canvas.
Artist: Sabina Saad (Yellow Badge series)
Size: 20 X 20 cm.
Concept: Communist Jews (red), environmentalist Jews (green) are considered by their governments to be first and foremost Jews, no matter what their other affiliations are.
Title: Color Doesn't Matter – you’ll always be a Jew
Copyright: Sabina Saad 2008
Six Yellow Badges marking 6,000,000 casualties.
Hexagram shaped screw; Most probably it's manufacturer didn't have any religious intentions.
Many Stars of David engraved on a Mizrach (Hebrew: East) which is a decorated Jewish sign indicating the direction of Jerusalem.
Photographed by Michal Shtayer
Copyright: Michal Shtayer
Place: Joles Home For The Elderly, Haifa, Israel
Yehoshua Zlotnik sent me a picture of yellow Stars of David on a bowl that he keeps at his home for more than 40 years. Diameter: 31 cm.
Copyright: Yehoshua Zlotnik 2008
Picture of a hexagram on a coin used by Mount Sinai Royal Arch Chapter no. 212 in Toronto was sent to me by a friend who wrote to me that:
The symbol on the bottom right is the "Ark of the Covenant". The bottom left is a "Keystone" which is a central stone at the summit of an arch, locking the whole together. Top left symbol stands for "Templum Hierosolyma". The top right "Scripture". In the middle on the right side are the Tiler's "sword" and Master Mason's "trowel". In the middle on the left side are the working tools of a Royal Arch Mason; the "crow", "pickax", and "spade". In the middle is Moshe Rabbeinu with the Ten Commandments.
Star of David "I Swear" medal from kibbutz Tzeelim Musem.
Copyright: Boaz Krechmer 2008
The museum shows metal works from the beginning of the previous century starting with works of Boaz’s grandfather, Samuel Krechmer, who was the main manufacturer of coins medals and emblems in Israel. The words I Swear Not to Leave Israel are taken from the biblical verses of the Spies Affair in the Book of Numbers. Although the medal is antique the message is actual.
