Bizarre Japanese T-shirt

Picture is courtesy of MFinChina who published it on Flickr and wrote to me:

Here's another example of a Star of David showing up in a strange place: I think the shirt is promoting some music label or band -- I think it's connected with Rastarianism (there was sort of a Rasta color scheme to the front of the shirt), which uses the Star of David in its iconography too. The shirt is one made in China for the Japanese market.

Star of David Inside a Star of David

Picture is courtesy of Ofira Oriel, Israeli mandala painter, who developed a special attitude towards the Star of David emblem.

Chinese Bus upholstery

Picture is courtesy of MFinChina who took this shot on a bus from Menghun to Menghai and published it on Flickr. MFinChina wrote to me:

I have no idea how that upholstery ended up on the bus -- maybe some foreign customer had requested a big order of this pattern, and whoever upholstered the bus used the remnants. I doubt the Chinese people on the minibus had any idea what the symbol means -- they probably just think it is pleasing because it is made up of lines intersecting in a symmetrical pattern. That's an important motif in Chinese architecture, especially of window design.

Hexagram in a Mosque

Al-Ghouri mosque Cairo ,1356
CC Picture by Dr. Pat (c) from Flickr

Jewish Stained Glass

This Jewish Stained Glass picture is courtesy of "jgoldpac' from Flickr. 

The Star of David is first of all a geometric shape and this background of rhombs makes this point very clear.

In the Shadow of the Holocaust

Picture is courtesy of "Coblat" from Flickr who shot it inside a monument to the Holocaust in Poland and wrote under it:

The star is a Star of David, or in Hebrew, Magen David, which means "Protector of David."
I found this sadly ironic and symbolic.

In other words the question is why didn't the Shield of David, which was created for protecting the Jewish people fulfill its destination when it was extremely needed?

Venice's Jewish Ghetto

Picture of Star of David with Menorah in Venice's Jewish Ghetto is courtesy of "Overture" from Flicker who wrote to me:

The Ghetto Vechio is really evocative of the way in which the Jews were treated in Europe during the middle ages through to the renaissance. The star, in this context, is spiritual beacon - an enclave righteousness. 

This is an example of the strong link between the Star of David and the Menorah. I started collecting such examples after reading Uri Ofir's theory about the origin of this Jewish symbol from the Menorah.