Rabin’s Murder

Magen David at the right bottom of this painting by Oded Israeli who wrote to me:

When my P.M. Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated, I painted in a row 12 paintings and thus expressed my anger. This is one of them.

Copyright: Oded Israeli 2008

Altalena Shore

Magen David  as part of Tel Aviv Municipality logo appears on the left side of this sign that marks the place where The June 1948 Altalena Affair took place. We see the ship and the [Hebrew] names of the Irgun members who died while the IDF bombed the ship, which carried weapons and fighters for the Irgun.

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