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.

Saturday, October 07, 2006

Raelian Hexagram

There was a chapter about Rael in the Wikipedia entry on Star of David but I asked the editor to transfer it to the hexagram entry and he di...

Acronyms

Sometimes we see Hebrew letters in the middle of the Star of David which are acronyms of the Hebrew words "here is buried" (Po Nit...

Too Long Stripes

The long blue stripes make the Star of David seem smaller than it should be. I guess it is illegal to hang such long flags since it is a vio...

Friday, October 06, 2006

Memory Plate

Photo is courtesy of "Parke" who published it on Flickr and wrote to me: This is inside the Anshei Minsk Synagogue in Kensington M...

Masonic Star of David

Hexagram in a Masonic Temple in Philadelphia among many other Masonic symbols. I guess it appears here because Free Masons relate themselves...

Full and Empty

"Full" small Star of David inside a larger ordinary "empty" Star of David (where the triangles are seen clearly) insid...

Thursday, October 05, 2006

High Is Low

The highest point of the inner colorful Star of David indicates the lowest point of the outer white Hexagram. This is so poetic... Photo is ...

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