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, August 26, 2008

The Black that Hides Under the Light

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Yellow badge with cuts in the canvas that reveal underneath a black background. The original meaning of the yellow color (light, life) was...
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Monday, August 25, 2008

Marc Ash

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Star of David, yellow badge and Nazi concentration camp identifying triangles surround a square with the word Dieu (God). The square is a pi...

Palestine Magen David

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Star of David drawn on an envelope from 29.1.1937 is courtesy of Dobush from Kfar Aza. This envelope was sent from Palestine, Texas, to M...
Sunday, August 24, 2008

Postcards to a Soldier

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Star of appears on an art work by Drora Weizman, one of a series of postcards sent to her daughter. Drora wrote to me: In January 2003 ...
Saturday, August 23, 2008

Chinese Checkers Hexagram

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On September 2006 I wrote that I’d like to buy Chinese Checkers for my little private "museum" of star of David stuff. This week...
Friday, August 22, 2008

The Last Road

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A yellow badge is attached to many of the figures in Benjamin Pelegs’ The Last Road . The figures are marching to their death (symbolized...
Thursday, August 21, 2008

Mandala Painting Workshop

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Picture of Magen David is from the painting workshop of Israeli Mandala expert Ofira Oriel. Participants were religious women. The worksho...
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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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