The Girl With the Yellow Star

Esther Lurie was born in Latvia in 1913 and lived in Israel since 1934. The Nazis caught her while she was in an exhibit in Europe and sent her to Ghetto Kovno, where she documented by her pencils the life of Jews from 1941 until 1944. This is one of her most famous works: The Girl With the Yellow Star. I wrote about is two years ago, when I started collecting yellow badge art, and now, eventually, I publish this work of art courtesy of pictorial history postcard collector Stephanie Comfort.  

Albanian Flag Hexagram

My thanks to Dr. Claude Wainstain from France who referred me to this flag with its six-pointed star, which was used when Albania struggled for its independence from Turkish possession in 1912. According to Jaume Olle from Flags Of The World website the star symbolized that “Catholics, Orthodox and Muslims shared the same sky”. Picture was copied from Flags Of The World website.

Haifa Kindergarten Magen David 1955

-So cute!

An old black and white Hanukkah 1955 picture of Magen Davids in Margalit’s Kindergarten at Moriah 20, Haifa. There’s one on each paper hat (Israeli flag) and then there’s the central one which is made from six sticks and disappeared right after the photo opportunity. 

Copyright: I.R. 2008  

Magen David and Arrow Pin

Magen David with an arrow pin attached to the dress of  Sheyndel-Sonya Menuchin-Neiman, relative of famous violinist, Yehudi Menuchin.

Photographed in Jerusalem c. 1910 by  the famous Armenian photographer Krikorian [1918-1847].

All rights reserved to Oded Israeli

Thanks to Dobush from Kfar Aza fro referring me to this image.

Magen David Made From Branches

Magen David Made From Branches appears on a hand made improvised gate erected in 1900 for a national celebration in Rehovot. I noticed that in these B &W photos from the beginning of the last century the stars of David are usually hand made while most of the current Jewish stars are industrial products made by designers.
Picture is courtesy of Dobush

Israel 1958 Postcard

Israel 1958 Postcard

Magen David as part of the IDF aircraft emblem appears on an 1958 nostalgic postcard issued to mark Ten years of Israeli Independence. A plane that arrives from the sea allows us to see Israel from above: a green small (before the settlements) and clean country.

Copyright: Uri Mayrav and Hadi Or 2008

Thanks to Dobush who referred me to this image

Yaacov Agam’s Magen David Signature

Thirty-fifth Independence Day Israeli stamp carries not only a kinetic art Magen David but also this Magen David Signature in which the Jewish star replaces both the Hebrew Aleph letter and the Latin A letter. It is, in my view, a separate stand alone work of art!