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, June 22, 2007

Six of Hearts

Tamir Cohen JWT designed an interesting Star of David made from six hearts on enormous billboards bearing the text From the depth of our hea...

Orpheus Christus

J.B. Friedman in his book [Orpheus in the Middle Ages, Cambridge, 1969] tells about an amulet in the British Museum, which contains on the r...

Holding Hands

A design full of inspiration of a Star of David made from holding hands on a stamp titled Pioneer Women 50th Anniversary issued on 05/08/19...

Thursday, June 21, 2007

Ramat Gan Stamp

The emblem of the city shows a green shield with a Star of David in its center. Also appearing on the stamp: a palm tree, a sun that rises ...

The Wise Son

Photo is courtesy of designer Asher Kalderon who introduced a golden Star of David behind the head of the Wise Son on a detail from The Fou...

Black On Blue

Photo is courtesy of "yossi05' who published it on Flickr under the title Magen Dovid and wrote there that it's the skylight in...

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Computers in Israeli Industry

Photo is courtesy of the designer: Asher Kalderon. Design of a Star of David on a keyboard of a computer on the Computers-in-Industry-stamp...

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