Star of David Car Pendant

This is not the popular Star of David air freshner that everybody knows.  It has a small Psalms book along with Hebrew words from the Prayer for the Road (Tefilat Haderech) and a Peace Dove.

Windmill

Photo of the ELA logo comprised from a windmill inside a Star of David is courtesy of painter Dick Ben Dor who wrote to me that ELA is an organization for helping Jewish immigrants from Holland to Israel.

Judith Weinshall Liberman: REVOLT

All rights reserved to author-artist Judith Weinshall Liberman.

This is one of author-artist Judith Weinshall Liberman’s sixty wall hangings about the Holocaust. It is 52” tall and 64” wide (132 cms by 162 cms), was created in 1989 and is one of Judith Weinshall Liberman’s 45 Holocaust Wall Hangings in the permanent collection of the Temple Tifereth Israel in Cleveland, Ohio. This wall hanging points out some of the camps and some of the ghettos in which Jews, weakened and terrorized though they were, rose in revolt against their tormentors. The ghettos where Jews joined together to strike back at the Nazis are represented in this wall hanging by the black patches, while the camps where this occurred are represented by the red patches. An upraised hand holding the Star of David indicates revolt. This work incorporates block printing, stenciling, sewing, applique, embroidery and beading.

The shimmering silver fabric on which the upraised Star of David is block printed symbolizes the glimmer of hope and contrasts sharply with the matte gray checked background fabric. Shiny red glass beads are scattered over the area of the map, symbolizing bloodshed.

Zion Bottles

Zion Bottles with David Shields from Avraham Goren's private collection, Beit Zayit 38, 972779346197 972544826779.

Zion Ash Tray

Star of David ashtray from Avraham Goren's private collection, Beit Zayit 38, 972779346197

972544826779.

I guess today, after the Holocaust, it will be hard to manufacture or sell such ashtrays, since they evoke associations of WWII horrors, but when this beauty was created it was long before these events, and even long before cigarettes became notorious.

Zion Flag

Copyright: Jennie Gottschalk  2008

Photo is courtesy of Jennie Gottschalk who made this flag and dedicated it to me:

The Star of David and stripes in this image are basically modified Sierpinski Triangles that have been duplicated "tiled" to create the design. Dedicated to Ze'ev.

I don’t understand what’s the difference between the Israeli flag and Zion Flag but I’m sure that Jennie knows the answer.

Wrenches

Large Star of David made from wrenches on a T- Shirt that Ort School in Jerusalem grants to its remarkable pupils. The wrenches form the Hebrew word for strength in the center of the hexagram.