Star of David back TattooPhoto: Alan Miller, Israel
Copyright: Alan Miller 2008
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Abandoned Synagogue
Picture of Star of David on an old Mezuzah: Hayim Shtayer
Copyright: Hayim Shtayer
Place: Kibbutz Regavim’s abandoned Synagogue
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
USA Israel Relations Tattoo
Copyright: Alan Miller 2008
From the comments at his Flickr page: "altefeigele" says:The Tat suggests to me that the American Eagle is grabbing the Star of David in its talons and is prepared to fly with it somewhere, probably to the Eagle's nest to feed its chicks.
Alan Miller answers:
The guy is American and told me he got the tattoo soon after September 11th, 2001. It could be Pres. Bush getting his hands on Israel after his visit. Or the Israeli police getting their talons in Prime Minister Olmert. But I'll go with the guy's explanation.
Yossi Regev, Never Again
Photo is courtesy of Israeli artist Yossi Regev
Copyright: Yossi Regev 2008
Currently this work is taking part in the Yellow Holocaust Star Exhibit at Yigal Alon House, Safed, which started on 30-4-2008. Curator: Reli Wasser.
Size: postcard
Title: No More
Artist’s Caption: I created this work in 1985 and eventually it was published as a remembrance postcard in 1990, and it was distributed in a survivors reunion of “Buchenvald children” in Tel Aviv. My father was one of these “Buchenvald children”.
Orly Shafir, The Tree of Life
Photo is courtesy of Israeli artist Orly Shafir
Copyright: Orly Shafir 2008
Currently this work is taking part in the Yellow Holocaust Star Exhibit at Yigal Alon House, Safed, which started on 30-4-2008. Curator: Reli Wasser.
Size: 50/70 cm
Technique: oil on canvas
Title: The Tree of Life
Artist’s Caption: The tree resembles the Jewish people. It is a big tree with deep roots. It continues to live and to grow even though all along history there were (and still are) attempts to remove it and to cut its branches.
Orly says that the yellow badge is a symbol of spiritual heroism, which is quite different from the military heroism.
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