Star of David

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.

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Magen David Alludes to the Sukkah Guests

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When my son and I started developing the 3D folded paper Magen David a few years ago we thought it would be welcomed by secular Zionists. L...

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Monday, April 10, 2006

Old Synagogue

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Picture of Kazimerz Jewish Quarter, Krakow, Old Synagogue was taken by "hugovk" from Flickr. He wrote to me: I took the photo beca...

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Star-of-David Tag Cloud

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I love tag clouds – they visualize the concept map of a web site so elegantly. I hope this tag cloud of my Blog will help you see in a glanc...

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Sunday, April 09, 2006

Star of David Bibliography

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1. Talmud, Passover tractate pp. 107, second page (Magen David (Star of David) was mentioned for the first time in the context of the bl...

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Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Smadar Yaaron

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Magen DAvid picture is courtesy of Smadar Yaaron with whom I spoke today on the phone. I promised to go see her show when it comes to Jerus...

Star of David in Addis Ababa

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Ethiopian students on their walk to their classes at the Beta Israel School in Addis Ababa pass by a hand-drawn Magen David. For these stude...

Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Star of David in the Theater

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In "Wishuponastar - A Fatal Love Story" Smadar Yaaron , an Israeli actress, plays the role of a woman who wants to marry the Star ...

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zeevveez: I Published 22 books - 10 in print and 12 online. The full list appears on my Flickr Profile. Among them: Star of David Album [English]; Star of David Black and White [Hebrew]; Yellow Badge Album [Hebrew] Thing's Name [Hebrew], I am Such a Brazilian Woman [Hebrew, Iton 77] with co-author Iara Czeresnia. I Initiated several art shows about the Star of David, about the yellow star and about the Old Testament

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