Heavy Symbol Made From Basalt

Photo is courtesy of Israeli artist Chanoch Ben

Copyright: Chanoch Ben Dov 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: 170X85 cm

Technique: sculpture, Stone, iron, cloth

Title: Heavy Yellow Holocaust Star

Artist’s Caption: I wanted to express the heavy feeling that the Yellow Holocaust Star evokes. Above: six candle holder for the 6,000,000

The artist’s parents were East European Jews who survived the Holocaust.

The usage of Death camps’ uniform stripes is quite frequent in the artistic treatment of the Yellow Holocaust Star, and for some of the artists it is connected to the coat of many colors Jacob gave to Joseph.

The Star and The Sea

Photo by: Hayim Shtayer

Copyright: Hayim Shtayer 2008

A sign with the drawing of bandaged fingers with a [red] Magen David (in black).

Synonymic Symbols

Map of Israel is a separare symbol, meaning more or less the same as the Star of David. I call these symbols "synonymic symbols" and there's a whole family of them: Herzl, Western Wall, Menorah, Ten Commandments, lions, the word Zion, Srulik... These symbols tend to appear in pairs and in triads in order to strengthen their mutual message.
Copyright: Alan Miller 2008 who has a whole series of photos of the Black Widow Rock Band

Lowest Moral Place In The History Of The World

Photo is courtesy of intuitive painter Rachel Ben Hur.
Copyright: Rachel Ben Hur 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: 30 cm x 30 cm

Technique: Photo processed in Photoshop and printed on canvas.

Title: Mother, life is infinite

Artist’s Caption: sunrise over the Dead Sea, and the Bulgarian equivalent of the yellow badge – the yellow button. The button belonged to my mother who lived in Bulgaria during WWII. She went to visit her husband. The train she was on was full with Germans. She was afraid that the button might clearly indicate that she's a Jewess and tore it off.

The Dead Sea along with Holocaust memories makes an interesting combination: it’s name reminds us of the 6,000,000, and that it is the lowest place in the world hints to the Nazi’s lowest MORAL place in the history of the world.

Alan Miller, What A Patriotic Shirt

Photo of a Magen David T-shirt from the street festival on Dizengoff

Copyright: Alan Miller 2008

Inside the Zero

Birthright Israel magen David logo inside the zero of the number 60, which represents Israeli 60th Independence Year

Thanks For Writing About My Project

Ruth Abrams wrote on Mar 24th, 2008 in Interfaith Family under the title

Web 2.0 Gives Us a Look At Some Jewish Art:

Among others, I’ve been following an Israeli photographer and blogger, Ze’ev Barkan, who posts and links to images of the Star of David. I was thinking about how many little Jewish children, especially those who are hungry for more Jewish knowledge, will look for “Jewish stars” wherever they can find them. It’s a way of feeling visible as a Jew in a society that might not see Jews. Sometimes the stars in Ze’ev’s flickr.com set overlap with images from other cultures, which is great for use on our site, where we celebrate interfaith families’ varied ways of sharing of heritage and history from both sides of their families.

Thanks Ruth, for your warm words about my project- you made my day!