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.

Friday, July 21, 2006

The Essence of a Symbol

In Temple Beth El on June 2001 the Rabbi gave a sermon about the Star of David. I liked his Introduction about the essence of a symbol: ...

Thursday, July 20, 2006

Driving Blessing

I found a very nicely designed Star of David on a Driving Blessing wrote by Rabbi Janet Marder of Congregation Beth Am in Los Altos, Califor...

Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Six and Seven

Numbers are international. We cannot be sure that Pythagoras invented the Tetraktys all by himself – he could have learned it from the Egypt...

Khan el-Ahmar

There's a Christian Star of David from the 7th century AD in the mosaic floor of the Euthymius Monastery in the Judean Dessert. In order...

Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Oldest Jewish Star of David

Star of David at Mt. Karkom, Israel c. 1200 BCE Photo by Flickr member Uri Zackhem (c) 2010 Star of David at Mt. Karkom, Israel c. 1200 ...

Monday, July 17, 2006

Hashomer Hatzair

The emblem of Hashomer Hatzair is very similar to the Star of David found on Sufa ruins, but I'm not sure the members of this youth move...

Sunday, July 16, 2006

Christian and or Jewish White Lily

One more proof that Uri Ofir's Theory about the Jewish origin of the Star of David is not famous as it should be is that the WHITE LILY ...

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