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.

Sunday, July 08, 2007

Summary of my Blog Postings about the Origin of the Star of David

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The Star of David serves nowadays as an emblem of Judaism Zionism and Israel. Its form as a six pointed star is familiar also in the name of...
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Mosque Architecture

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"Ahassan05" wrote on Wikipedia discussion page: Hexagrams [in the Arab world the name of the hexagrams is Solomon's Seal ]  co...

Martin Buber, Bookplate

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Photo of Old City of Jerusalem with walls in the shape of a star of David in a book that belongs to Martin Buber is courtesy of Lew Jaffe wh...
Saturday, July 07, 2007

Judaica Bookplate Collector

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Photo of star of David in a bookplate  that belongs to Stephen Caplin is courtesy of Lew Jaffe who posted it on his blog on April 24, 2007 ...

Louis Armstrong

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Gabe Gross sent me this email: Yesterday, I learned something very interesting about someone who wore the star of David ... Louis Armstrong....
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Ira moskowitz

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Photo of chasing the Star of David kites is courtesy of a Flickr member who asked me not to mention her name. Painter: Ira Moskowitz (b.19...
Friday, July 06, 2007

Tattoo Shop in Arles, France

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Photo of a six pointed star surrounded by circles in a tattoo is courtesy of my friend, Israeli painter Dick Ben Dor, who went to France to ...
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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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