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.
Star of David appears on an artwork by Israeli painter Drora Weizman (b. 1956). In the background we see stripes that resemble the American flag and allude to the American influence on the Israeli culture. Also in the background we can read text in Hebrew. The text is made from cliché sentences frequently heard on T.V. A repeated term is: “core issues”.
Copyright: Drora Weizman 2008
The story (in Hebrew) and the (star of David based) logo (bottom left) of the Israeli Wheelchair Basketball Team that will participate in the Beijing Olympic games 2008 on an Aroma coffee house napkin.
Hayim Shtayer took the picture and the napkin is part of his collection.
Copyright: Hayim Shtayer 2008
Photo of the Memorial for the Jewish Fighters against the Nazi enemy that I took a few weeks ago in Remez Neighbourhood, public garden, Haifa, Israel.
Sculptor: Gershon Knispel.
Construction finished in 1991.
It looks like metal, but, surprisingly, it feels like concrete.
See the whole series on:
http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=29001414%40N00&q=Knispel+gershon&m=text
and zoom in by clicking ALL SIZES icon above each photo.
This David’s Shield Lampshade was made by Dr. Asher Eder with his own hands. In the 1970’s it used to light the room of Mishkan Noam, Spiritual Center in the Galilee.
Copyright: Sabina Saad 2008
Size: 20X20 cm
Acrylic on canvas
Cutting part of the canvas in the shape of the yellow badge, so that it alludes to the Jewish victims during the Holocaust.
The work is one of a series.
Sabina Saad says that Jews always regarded themselves as part of the regime under which they lived, and were meaningful contributors to those places – so that their disappearing in WWII left a hole (symbolically) in the flag of each country.
In Libya 5000 Jews were locked in concentration camps and 500 of them died from dysentery. 160 Jews were transferred to Bergen-Belsen.
Dan Feldman sent me this six-pointed star shaped fireworks, and I plan to light it on my birthday (then We’ll have another photo of it in action and maybe a video film).
Thanks, Dan.
Two Stars of David appear on this Bezalel Tile from the 1920’s, above a painting of Jerusalem. From Wikipedia in Hebrew; entry: “The symbol of Tel Aviv, Zeev Holtzman collection”.
