Tzav Pius

Tzav Pius is an organization that tries to avoid civil war in Israel. They started acting in 1996 after Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination. Their "flag Campaign" shows the two blue triangles that compose the Star of David on the Israeli flag while they are apart, and they have a film in which the two blue triangles get back to their original places. 

The graphic concept is so similar to my thaumatrope that many people asked me whether I helped make this film. In fact I contacted the Tzav Pius offices in Jerusalem and offered they use my film about the thaumatrope but they said they didn't find it useful for their campaign.

Star of David decoration proposal to the Jewish National Fund

3D paper Star of David decoration proposal to the Jewish National Fund. It is handmade from 4 different photos of a pine tree. The JNF covered the bare lands of Israel with forests of pines.

Expensive Glass Star of David

Today I got the following Flickr Mail from dc chen:

I saw this Star of David at a local glass shop in downtown Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. I didn't plan on purchasing it (too expensive) but thought it was cool and decided to take a picture of it. In general, as a Bible beliving Christian, I'm interested in Jewish history, though I don't know about it as much as I'd
like to. I did, however, just recently purchased a book on the Six-Day War in 1967.

Copyright: "dc chen" from Flickr

Potentially Offensive Star of David

You can say that the Star of David is just an innocent symbol, but it makes some people react aggressively-which means that it is a powerful symbol...

For example: I read on Aftenposten from 05 Feb 2004 that Teacher Inge Telhaug, who teaches immigrants Norwegian language and culture at the Kristiansand Adult education center in Norway, was told to stop wearing around his neck the Star of David, because the principal of that school, Kjell Gislefoss, felt that the Star of David can be interpreted as a political symbol and can offend Palestinian  students.

  

 

Moscow Synagogue Star of David

Photo is courtesy of Larry Schenker (Binenbaum) who published it on Webshots.

In  2001 the Jewish community celebrated the restoration of the roof with the golden Star of David of the Moscow Synagogue, which was built in 1779 and after one year Tsar Alexander III ordered to destroy it. 

 

 

 

 

Asia Gallery - 3D Stars of David - Exhibiton

Our 3D folding silver and gold paper Stars of David exhibited on Asia Gallery, near the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, Israel.

Exhibiton - Asia Gallery - 3D Stars of David

This is a closer view of Our 3D silver and gold paper Stars of David which are exhibited on Asia Gallery.