Glass Candle Holders

Star of David shaped glass candle holders

From Avraham Goren's private collection, Beit Zayit 38, 972779346197 972544826779.

Napkin Holder

From Avraham Goren's private collection, Beit Zayit 38, 972779346197 972544826779.

About 100 years ago people decorated these napkin holders in order to show their Zionism. Today using Stars of David for decoration is even more prevalent.

Sheet Warmer

From Avraham Gopren's private collection, Beit Zayit 38, 972779346197

972544826779. Avraham  told me that about 100 years ago people used to warm their sheets by putting coal inside the tool. Heat came out of the holes shaped in the form of six-pointed stars.

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.