Thursday, January 17, 2008

Judy Racz, Crucifixion

Crucifixion art Yellow badge Here’s another photo from my new collection of Crucifixion art works. It shows the Yellow badge on a cross and it is courtesy of the artist, Judy Racz 
Copyright: Judy Racz 2008

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Lantern and Star

Photo is courtesy of Ben Piven who shot it a few weeks ago in Kerala. The lantern looks like three dimensional Star of David at first sight, but actually it is eight pointed.
Copyright: Ben Piven  2008.

JNF's 50th Anniversary

JNF's 50th Anniversary Star of David Zionism

Stamp with Star of David in the center issued for JNF's 50th anniversary is courtesy of Hayim Shtayer and is part of his collection. The design fits Herzl’s suggestion for the Zionist Congress.

My book in Google

My Star of David book in GoogleI was very surprised to find out this morning that my book is the first result in Google for the keywords:

books about the Star of David

out of 5,390,000 other results. Since the question was in English and my book is in Hebrew, I wonder if it will actually influence people to buy my book…

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Australian Stamp from 1967

Yellow Stars of David on Australia 1967 Christmas stamp

Yellow Stars of David on Australia 1967 Christmas stamp

Dohany Synagogue

Postage Stamp, Jewish Star Hungary

Star of David on Israeli and Hungarian stamps issued in 2000. The stamps depict the Dohany Synagogue. Dina and Tzvika designed the Israeli stamp. Danile Kertesz designed the Hungarian stamp.


Define: Hexagram

There’s a cool feature in Google for defining terms: you just write “Define:” and enter your term… Click ENTER and get your answers; like this: Define: Hexagram
A charge formed of two interlaced triangles, one of them inverted; also known as the star of David or the seal of Soloman.
Six-pointed star or six-sided figure used in Talismanic Magick. 

etc.