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, November 22, 2008

Herzl Sign

Two small white Magen David emblems on blue background are carved in the Herzl Memorial sign at the house were he was born in Budapest in 18...

Friday, November 21, 2008

Joaniki papa Vitanov

My thanks to Rossitza Ohridska-Olson who referred me to this impressive outstanding usage of the Christian hexagram in art works and who wro...

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Bulgarian Mosaic Floor

A colorful hexagram appears in a 2-4 th century C.E. mosaic floor excavated at a rich house in the Roman city Augusta Traiana in south Bul...

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

My new Theodore Herzl Group on Flickr

Recently, I got a few dozens well-selected images of Theodore Herzl from Graphic designer Hayim Shtayer who collects such images for many ye...

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Intolerance

In Lesnovo Monastery (the Church of St. Archangel Gabriel), Macedonia, there are three circles. Rugs cover two of them, and in the picture w...

Monday, November 17, 2008

Coffee Haggadah

Magen David on 1938 Hagadah Issued by General Foods Corporation to promote Maxwell Cofee sales Copyright: Alfonzo 2008 Thanks to Dobush...

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Messiah Obama

There are inter-religious expectations that Obama will save the world as the Messiah. Tradition has it that the Messiah would come on a whit...

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