Orphaned Land

I already wrote in this blog a few times about attempts to deal with uniting the main monotheistic religions. It is the most obvious solution for those who preach for stopping wars, because one of the main reasons wars occur is the friction between these religions. What is worth paying attention is that the Magen David finds its way to these attempts. E.g.
Orphaned Land is a Progressive metal band from Israel whose music contains Middle-Eastern influences. Their album "Mabul" tells the Story of the Three Sons of Seven (one son for each monotheistic religion) who try to warn humanity of a coming flood as punishment for their sins. Eventually they fail since the people refuse to listen to them and the flood comes to be.
The first son bore a Star of David upon his crest.

Irish Star of David Lapel Pin

Hallmark Star of David Shamrock, originally uploaded by danielgreene.

Picture is courtesy of danielgreene who published it on Flickr. I like this design: it looks as if the Star of David is part of a flower; which brings us back to Uri Ofirs' research about the influence of the white lily on its original creation.

Irish Jew T-shirt

Picture of Jewish star T-shirt and Shamrock together is courtesy of "danielgreene" who published it on Flickr.

Lampshade

Picture is courtesy of sue jan who published it on Flickr. I like this design and hope to get some details about the materials and where can one buy it . Pay attention to the small red Star of David in the center of the big one.
P.S

Today I got the following email from sue jan:
nope.. i didn't make it. bought it from IKEA. think its
made out of wood if i'm not mistaken. :) 

Three Symbols In One Price

I already published a few Magen Davids-with-Theodore Herzl pictures which were sent to me by Dr. Hayim Grosman who used these photos to illustrate his lecture about "two symbols in one price". His lecture was part of a symposium about the Magen David that took place in Yavne, Israel, on 5 April 2007. Here we see "three symbols in one price", The Menorah, Herzl and the Magen David - each representing separately the Jewish Identity. Along the Jewish history the Menorah and the six-pointed star were competing who will represent the Jewish people but here they cooperate in harmony.

Farming In the Old New Land with Herzl

Picture is courtesy of Dr. Hayim Grosman who participated on the 5th of April in a symposium in Yavne, Israel, titled the “ Magen David and Theodore Herzl: two symbols in one price .” Dr. Hayim Grosman claimed that the Zionist movement used Herzl and the Magen David in order to promote its purposes. Here, in this Blessing Card from the beginning of the past century, we see both symbols along with drawings of farming In Israel

Happy New Year, Theodore Herzl

Picture is courtesy of Dr. Hayim Grosman who gave a lecture On 5 April in the Yavne symposium titled the “Magen David and Theodore Herzl: two symbols in one price .” He said the Zionist movement used Herzl’s icon in order to promote its purposes. The Zionist movement used the Magen David in a similar way. Here, in this Happy New Year Blessing Card from the beginning of the past century, we see both symbols and under Herzl's portrait we see his famous saying (in Hebrew) - if you will want (a land of your own) it will stop being a legend.