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, February 01, 2008

Happy New Year Diaspora

Star of David on a Happy New Year Card from the beginning of the 19th century is from Hayim Shtayer’s excellent and famous collection of Hap...

Zion Gate Happy New Year Card

Star of David alongside the Ten Commandments on a Happy New Year Card from the beginning of the 19th century is from Hayim Shtayer’s exce...

To Childhood And Back

The painted bottle of Dvorit Ben Shaul and the porcelain six-pointed Star pendant that Dick Ben Dor brought me from Holland on my son’s c...

Thursday, January 31, 2008

My Hebrew Book in the Snow

I just wanted to see if the colors of the front cover of my Hebrew book fit the colors of the fresh new snow that conquered Jerusalem and br...

Lantern in the Snow

My way to celebrate the fresh Jerusalem snow was to take a photograph of one of my son's 3-D folded paper Sukkah lanterns. Pity I could...

Naomi Tereza Salmon, Light Bulb

Photo of Star of David burning wire in a light bulb is courtesy of its creator, Naomi Tereza Salmon. 20 x 20 cm It seems to be the only ...

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Belly Button

Haifa designer Hayim Shtayer sent me this scan of an invitation flyer to an Israeli Independence Day Party from 2005. We see here a black ...

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