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, December 05, 2008

The Girl With the Yellow Star

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Esther Lurie was born in Latvia in 1913 and lived in Israel since 1934. The Nazis caught her while she was in an exhibit in Europe and sent ...
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Thursday, December 04, 2008

Albanian Flag Hexagram

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My thanks to Dr. Claude Wainstain from France who referred me to this flag with its six-pointed star, which was used when Albania struggled ...
Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Haifa Kindergarten Magen David 1955

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-So cute ! An old black and white Hanukkah 1955 picture of Magen Davids in Margalit’s Kindergarten at Moriah 20, Haifa. There’s one on ea...
Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Magen David and Arrow Pin

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Magen David with an arrow pin attached to the dress of   Sheyndel-Sonya Menuchin-Neiman, relative of famous violinist, Yehudi Menuchin. P...
Monday, December 01, 2008

Magen David Made From Branches

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Magen David Made From Branches appears on a hand made improvised gate erected in 1900 for a national celebration in Rehovot. I noticed that ...
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Sunday, November 30, 2008

Israel 1958 Postcard

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Israel 1958 Postcard Magen David as part of the IDF aircraft emblem appears on an 1958 nostalgic postcard issued to mark Ten years of Isra...
Saturday, November 29, 2008

Yaacov Agam’s Magen David Signature

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Thirty-fifth Independence Day Israeli stamp carries not only a kinetic art Magen David but also this Magen David Signature in which the Jew...
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