Star of David

This blog (by Zeev Barkan) is dedicated to the Star of David, its history, its various meanings and usages in different cultures. It includes thousands of pictures of Star of David, six-pointed stars, hexagrams, Solomon's Seals, Magen Davids and yellow badges,and served as a resource for three books and four art exhibitions.

Friday, July 28, 2006

Mosaic

There is an interesting connection between Mosaics and Stars of David. Why? I'm just asking the question and waiting for a learned answe...

Destroyed Settlements

After Israel finished evacuating all Jewish settlements in Gaza, in August 2005, Aharon Shevo, artist and illustrator, designed a torn Star ...

Thursday, July 27, 2006

Captivating Light

Photo courtesy of Lisa Carmichael from Pbase who wrote to me: The star is actually a window in the sanctuary of a synagogue in Los Angeles. ...

What Star of David?

David Landau wrote in 1995 an article titled: Ancient Synagogues in the Holy Land - What Synagogues? In this article he claimed that some of...

The Name of the Star

Philologos discusses why the same symbol is called a Shield of David in Hebrew and a Star of David in English and arrives to the conclusion ...

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Boxing

Boxer Dana "dangerous" Rosenblatt fought always with a blue Star of David on his white boxing shorts. Dana is a middleweight champ...

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Emotion

Yesterday I saw someone wearing a Christian Cross necklace and I thought that here in Jerusalem it is quite rare to identify Christians; the...

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