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.

Sunday, August 06, 2006

Planar Close Packing

Troy R. Bishop wrote an article titled Starring the Circle where he shows the connection between the Star of David and atoms. This sounds im...

Black Obelisk

Picture copied from Wikipedia entry: Black Obelisk There's a sort of a six-pointed star on the "Black Obelisk" of Shalmane...

Saturday, August 05, 2006

Closing a Circle

Our first 3D folded paper Magen David Sukkah Lampshades exhibited in the first store, in the Jewish quarter of the Old city of Jerusalem, ne...

Thursday, August 03, 2006

Stan Tenen on Carpet Pages in the Leningrad Codex

I asked Stan Tenen to explain the carpet pages in the Leningrad Codex and he was kind enough to let me publish here his most original answer...

Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Star of David Shipment Arrived Safely

Our Star of David shipment was delayed for a week since ships avoided Haifa because it was bombarded by Hezbollah and all the ships' tra...

Leading His Army King David

"David and Jonathan" wrote and sings a song about the Star of David http://www.kipa.co.il/bikorim/show_art.asp?id=5441 It see...

Monday, July 31, 2006

Franz Rosenzweig

There's a photo of Franz Rosenzweig ((1886–1929) cut in the shape of the Star of David on the cover of his book The Star of Redemption (...

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