Paul Kor

Artist Paul Kor(1926- 2001) made a series of six paintings dedicated to the memory of the six million Jews killed during the Holocaust. The series shows a girl who is lead to the death camp. In the sixth painting there’s a yellow badge on the cap of her doll that sits in the ashes in front of the death trains.

Saddest Day

Photo of black Star of David on a gray background (with a sad Jew inside it) is courtesy of my favorite graphic designer, Jenni Gottschalk. 

Five misfortunes befell our fathers ... on the ninth of Av. ...On the ninth of Av it was decreed that our fathers should not enter the [Promised] Land, the Temple was destroyed the first and second time, Bethar was captured and the city [Jerusalem] was ploughed up. -Mishnah Ta'anit 4:6

Copyright: Jenni Gottschalk 2007

Portraits of Holocaust Children

Photo is courtesy of artist Julie Baer who created a series titled 

souls: portraits of Holocaust children

Copyright: Julie Baer 2007

Julie Baer, Nuthatch

Photo of White Breasted Nuthatch with Stars of David on the upper corners of the painting is courtesy of artist Julie Baer, New Jersey-born children's book author and illustrator.
2001, 18" x 14", mixed media gouache on wood.
On her website I read that 

Viewing nature as a gate to the spiritual realm is a thesis running through my work. 

Copyright: Julie Baer 2007

Hexagram Encircled by an Ouroburous

Shari sent me a link to an interesting illustration of an Indian hexagram encircled by an Ouroburous inside two interlaced squares. The link leads to a Web Page dedicated to Ganesha. The six pointed star is the geometric emblem of Ganesha, the Indian god with the elephant head.

Hebrew letters

Photo is courtesy of artist Aviva Beigel.
Title: Hebrew letters.
It contains many local Israeli identity symbols, like the Magen David, Menorah, dove; the Hebrew slogan: Israel Is Beautiful; Chamsa, the word: the wall…

Copyright: Aviva Beigel 2007

Sabra

Photo is courtesy of artist Aviva Beigel .
Sabra is the title of one of 30 boards, each 30x60 cm, which comprise a series called This Is How You Build A Wall. Sabra contains many local Israeli identity symbols, like the Magen David and the year of the Israeli Indipendence.

Copyright: Aviva Beigel 2007