Google- More Sizes

 When you hover with your mouth over one of the pictures in Google Images Search Engine the picture gets a little bit larger and on its bottom appears a link to MORE SIZES...thus you can see all the websites that use your image - like in the above screen shot.  

Japanese town Emblem

 Japanese town  Emblem: Otaru,  Hokkaidō

The kanji 小 (o) inside a star of David symbolizing snow
Source: wikipedia entry- Otaru

Japanese town  Emblem: Matsumoto Nagano

 Pine (matsu) needles encircle the kanji 本 (moto)
Source: wikipedia entry Matsumoto 

Michael Knigin Remembrance Exhibiton

Michael Knigin 

Blessed Be His Memory

Contributed to this blog many pictures of his Holocaust Art

Remembrance Exhibiton: 

April 15-May 29

Temple Adas Israel

Sag Harbor

 See some of his works on

http://www.flickr.com/photos/zeevveez/sets/72157612996507736/with/3290357428/

Beer Signs 18th century Alsace

Tavern with hanging Beer Sign (Star of David in a circle, Brewer's Star)
 is a well documented phenomenon in French/German Alsace area, 

from the middle ages until now
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Block printing on cotton 

18th century
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Picture courtesy of 

Esther Fitzgerald (c) 2012

My new Gallery about Seder Plates

Seder Plate from Germany c. 1900

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Source: CC Picture uploaded to Flickr by

center_for_jewish_history NYC

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See my new

  Gallery about Seder Plates 

Arab Stars of David

When I lived in Gilo Neighborhood (South Jerusalem) I was told that this was the building of a Jordanian judge. Anyway, it's clear that this building  was under Jordanian control until 1967 and Jews were not living there at that time.

The building is located on Hebron Road between Mar Elias Monastery and Gilo  

On the columns - Arab Stars of David

Zoom-   Arab Star of David

Arab Star of David-General View

Alphonso X Book of Games 13th century C.E.

3 Six pointed stars on the bottom and top margins of the chess board 

Picture from Fol 9r

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Six pointed stars appear several times in Alphonso X's [amazing] Book of Games 

(Book of chess, dice and tables -Libro de los juegos

Written and painted in Toledo, Spain, 1283 C.E.

Researchers argue if the apearance of this symbol has any connection to Jews