Star of David Menora with 7 Candle Holders

Star of David Menora with 7 Candle Holders near the Shield of david. Made by Uri Ofir. Mikraor Exhibition in Yavne Municipal Library. 3 April 2006.

Star of David Menora

Star of David in the Temple-Menora made by Uri Ofir. Close up on seven stars under the candle-holder.

Mikraor Exhibition in Yavne Municipal Library 3 April 2006.

Star of David Menora 1

Star of David in the Temple-Menora made by Uri Ofir. Close up on one star under the candle-holder. 

Mikraor Exhibition in Yavne Municipal Library 3 April 2006.

Star of David Shield

Today, 3 April 2006, My son and me visited Mikraor Exhibition in Yavne Municipal Library. This Magen David Shield was made by Uri Ofir. Uri gave us his book, "Hadegel", but we forgot to ask his autograph.

Sending Emails about our Stars of David

Star of David is called in Hebrew Magen David, but Magen David has also another meaning: it is the name of one of the Jewish blessings. There are many Congregations and synagogues around the world called "Magen David": for example: in Rockville Maryland, in North Dallas, Texas, in Brooklyn, NY, In Bombay, India, In Israel… I think all these are taking their names from the Magen-David-blessing and not from the Magen-David-symbol. I saw a picture of the Rockville Synagogue but I didn't notice a Magen-David-symbol on the front of the building.

Anyhow I sent a few emails to these Congregations hoping that the identical name of our Stars of David and their name of Congregation will trigger some dialog. My hopes for an answer are low since nowadays people tend to ignore emails from strangers but anyhow - it keeps me busy…  

Flags of the world Star of David

I found interesting information about Stars of David on "flags of the World"  website:

 

1. First Star of David flag

Dov Gutterman wrote that in 1354 the Jewish community in Prague put the Star of David on its flag and that's the first recorded appearance of a Star of David on a flag.

 

2. Druze soldiers' Star of David flag

Dov Gutterman wrote that Druze soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have a flag with a white Magen David on a green triangle.

 

3. Birobidzhan Jewish Autonomous Region Star of David flag

Muhamed Mesic wrote that one of his friends saw a strange flag hanging from the windows in Birobidzhan, and it includes a Magen David in the center.

 

4. Proposed Jewish Flag for Sweden

Natan Zlotnik designed a yellow badge on a blue background and expressed his wish to fly it at Jewish holidays.

  

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.