Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Star of David Rainbow Flag

Rainbow-Flag-hexagram-logoPhoto of Star of David on the Rainbow flag is courtesy of Daniel Greene from Flickr who shot it during Rainbows Festival in Heritage Park, Phoenix, Arizona. The Star of David is not part of the official Rainbow flag, which has no emblem in its center. The Rainbow Flag was created in 1978 for San Francisco's Gay Freedom Celebration by local artist, Gilbert Baker.

Israeli Prevent Fire Campaign

Magen David Yarok logo

Green Star of David on a postal envelope from the sixties, part of “prevent field fires” campaign. The fox represents Samson’s foxes, which burnt the fields of the Philistines. Nowadays Magen David Yarok stands for a College of Para-Veterinary Studies.

Paul Laffoley

Visionary artist scientist, architect , writer, and theoreticians Paul Laffoley was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1940. He formed the Boston Visionary Cell, Inc., in 1971. Some of his his works show most original hexagrams.

Monday, February 11, 2008

Anti-Semitism: Replacing Stars in Flags

In the web page of Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Anti-Semitism and racism at Tel Aviv University there's a paragraph about ANSWER  anti-war rallies. 
Ob one of these with approximately 200,000 people, held on 20 April 2002 in Washington DC, Called the “National March for Palestine against War and Racism there were the Israeli flag with a swastika replacing the Star of David and a US flag with a Star of David replacing the 50 stars and the message, “Free America".

Copenhagen, Artistic Protest

Artistic-Protest-hexagramPhoto is courtesy of Ramon Arellano from Flickr who wrote in the caption:
An artistic protest against the world's self declared police. Notice the rocket shaped pedestal, the rocket crown, the chains, the crucifix, the swastika, the David star, etc. I don't know where did Ramon Arellano get this information... For me the appearance of Swastika and Star of David together is enough to bring this photo to your attention...

Estonia, Holocaust Memorial

Photo is courtesy of "Larsz" from Flickr who wrote in the caption:

In the woods, between Paldiski and Tallinn, we came across a holocaust memorial. A menorah is engraved on the other half of this stone.

Anti-Semitism :The Devil And The Star

From the web page of Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Anti-Semitism and racism at Tel Aviv University, overview:

Antisemitic caricatures have appeared repeatedly in Brazil. On 14 April 2002, Correio Brazilliense published a caricature showing the devil sitting at a table with a flag bearing the Star of David behind him.