My new Theodore Herzl Group on Flickr

Recently, I got a few dozens well-selected images of Theodore Herzl from Graphic designer Hayim Shtayer who collects such images for many years, I thought it could be a magnetic center for many other Theodore Herzl enthusiasts, so I opened a group in Flickr dedicated to Theodore Herzl items -  see:

http://flickr.com/groups/899548@N25/

The above photo is an invitation (from Hayim Shtayer’s collection) to an Independence Party on 2003. Caption under the blue (what else?) Magen David is: Even Herzl didn’t believe.

Copyright: Hayim Shtayer 2008

Intolerance

In Lesnovo Monastery (the Church of St. Archangel Gabriel), Macedonia, there are three circles. Rugs cover two of them, and in the picture we see the third, which is uncovered. The local monk told Rossitza Olson while she visited there that the Star of David is uncovered so that Christian visitors would have the opportunity to step on it and by that to reject Judaism.

This issue of stepping on the emblem of Judaism is quite popular and “jumps” each time one sees the six-pointed star on the floor, like in the Temple Mount at the 7th century C.E. Dome of the Chain, or in the case of Vans shoes. Anyhow Anti-Semitism is no news…

Copyright 2008 Rossitza Ohridska-Olson - photographer (culturalrealms.typepad.com)
Copyright 2008 Vizantia Enterprises Inc. (vizantia.com)

Coffee Haggadah

Magen David on 1938 Hagadah 

Issued by General Foods Corporation to promote Maxwell Cofee sales

Copyright: Alfonzo 2008

Thanks to Dobush who referred me to this image  

Messiah Obama

There are inter-religious expectations that Obama will save the world as the Messiah. Tradition has it that the Messiah would come on a white donkey.

In this Photoshop photomontage I added gold embroidery of a six-pointed star since this symbol is:

1. Connected to the Messiah (and to the House of King David)
2. An inter-religious symbol adored by Muslims Christians Hindis and Jews for generations.

Picture of U.S. President Obama is courtesy of “craynol” from Flickr

Picture of  a white donkey is courtesy of “hoyasmeg” from Flickr

Printers’ Mark

This printer mark is copied from Project Gutenberg, Printers' Marks - A Chapter in the History of Typography, by William Roberts, 1893. Printer William Faques designed this between 1499 and 1508. It has scriptural quotations on a white and black hexagram.

I thank Zeev Bonovitzky for referring me to this interesting appearance of the hexagram.

Lexicon of Zionism

A unique design of the Magen David appears on the Hebrew Efrayim and (his son)  Menachem Talmi Lexicon of Zionism, which was published in 1978 by  Sifryat Ma'ariv, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Copyright: Zako 2008

Martyrs of Rhodes And Cos

The base of this monument to the 1604 martyrs of Rhodes and Cos who were murdered in Nazi death camps has the shape of a Magen David in addition to the frequently used white on black Magen David which is engraved on the column. Picture is Courtesy of “templar1307” from Flickr”