Russell Crowe

Actor Russell Crowe plays the roll of Jewish Police Detective Richie Roberts (with a Star of David necklace) in the 2007  film American Gangster . 

See:

http://www.bangitout.com/uploads/50russelCrowJewishstar.jpg

Fata Morgana

Star of David made from two equilateral triangles: one is ordinary, while the other contains human figures.

Created by: J. Gershony-Geyer, Israeli German artist, who wrote to me that  

The work visualizes a hypnotized walk of our people to an unknown future

Copyright: J. Gershony-Geyer 2009

1944 - 1946 - 1948

Artist Aaron Morgan, 65 year old native New Yorker, created this collage in 1976 depicting a period of six critical years in which the meaning of the Star of David changed drastically: 1944  (Holocaust), 1946 (British Mandate) and 1948 (Independence). Usually we pay attention to 1944 and 1948 as opposites: Death and revival, Diaspora and Home etc, but the period in between was typified by the strong will to establish a state of our own and the Star of David expressed it impressively.

Genesis 1 Star of David

Vernon Jenkins MSc wrote on

http://www.whatabeginning.com/Misc/Tess2/P.htm

The Gematria  of the letters of Genesis 1 is 2701 which is the result of  37 X 73.

37 and 73 may be depicted as a star of David

Marc Chagall’s Star of David Window

A colorful Star of David appears on the window dedicated to the Levy tribe – vitrage (1962) by Marc Chagall (1887-1985) at Hadassah Hospital Synagogue in Jerusalem. The choice of colors was inspired by the description of the breastplate of the High Priest in Exodus 28:17-21.

Copyright: Zako 2009.

The Wheels Of The Death Trains

The Yellow Badge appears seven times in Jennie Gottschalk’s new work: “Kinder” along with a few Jewish Children’s names out of the 1.5 million children who perished in the Holocaust. The six yellow Badges in the wheels of the train represent the 6 million Jewish Holocaust victims.
Copyright:Jennie Gottschalk 2009

Gang Sign

Nick wrote two excellent posts at his blog

http://ilovefranklinave.blogspot.com/

which is dedicated to Brooklyn New York City in general, and to the Franklin Avenue Street there in particular.

The first post (titled: Whose symbol? Star of David in Crown Heights) mentions

1. R7 inside a Star of David representing African-American gangs founded originally in Chicago (Folks gang) and Los Angeles (Crips gang).

2. Blue (Crips gang) Star of David juxtaposed with a skull

3. Gold six-pointed star and chain representing also African-American gangs.

Nick brings possible reasons for the spread of the use of the six-pointed star by gangs:

1. To honor David Barksdale, the Chicago gang leader who founded the Black Disciples, and who died in 1974. He was Dubbed "King David" by his followers.

2. African-Americans moved into formerly Jewish areas, which had already Stars of David on different locations.

Nick’s second post (titled: Stars over Crown Heights) mentions artist Kerry James Marshall who researched the adoption of the Star of David by gangs, and who added another possible reason for this phenomenon: its usage by Rastafarians.

Note: I previously showed numerous examples of Rastafarian stars on this blog.

Picture is courtesy of Nick

Copyright: Nick 2009

   Here are more examples from Flickr of the star of the Gangster Disciples

 CC picture by "edkohler"

 CC picture by "reallyboring"

CC picture by "hitormis"