
Yellow badge and memorial candles on a postcard of the Israeli Postal Authority is courtesy of Pictorial History collector
Stephanie Comfort who published it on Flickr
This blog (by Zeev Barkan) is dedicated to the Star of David, its history, its various meanings and usages in different cultures. It includes thousands of pictures of Star of David, six-pointed stars, hexagrams, Solomon's Seals, Magen Davids and yellow badges,and served as a resource for three books and four art exhibitions.


Photo of Stars of David on the heads of the "Jewish" snakes who endanger the "innocent" German farmers is courtesy of Pictorial History collector Stephanie Comfort who published it on Flickr
Photo of a Star of David on a 1917 - German WW1 propaganda postcard about Tsar Nicholas is courtesy of Stephanie Comfort who published it on Flickr. We see Russain Tsar Nicholas dressed in a tallith (prayer shawl), with a large Star of David on top of his crown with the caption in German "To my beloved Jews" from "Our Father Nikolay. Stephanie wrote to me:
I decided to open a Website to share my 7,000 plus Jewish postcards with interested parties. I also have a section: Duplicates - I'd like to trade my duplicates for those of others.

Photo of a Shield of David on an amulet is copied from Jewish Encyclopedia [entry Amulet which was written by Ludwig Blau].
It has a space to write a short prayer in. It is recommended for business. Source: the Book of Raziel.
Photo of Star of David around the late Jamaican Rastafarian singer Bob Marley [1945 – 1981] is courtesy of "Filigreed" who published it on Flickr. It is a graffiti in Amsterdam. 
design rational: Our assignment was to update a 60-year-old typography and image with a contemporary symbol to signify the agency activities. The Star of David is combined with geometric shapes suggesting a mother caring for two children. Years later the organization went back to a type only logo, to avoid being recognized as too Jewish.