Friday, August 17, 2007

Praise the Lord

Star of David Israeli art Photo of Star of David framing a painting of a man praying to God is courtesy of Tzfat artist Ron Cohen
Copyrights: Ron Cohen 2007
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The translation for the Hebrew word Haleluya on top is Praise God. It is taken from
Psalms 150

Ron Cohen, Flowers Of The Field

Star of David Israeli art Photo of Star of David with flowers of the field is courtesy of Tzfat artist Ron Cohen
Copyright: Ron Cohen 2007

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Music Box

Star of David Photo of Star of David Music Box on an old tabletop disc machine from 1925 is courtesy of Keith Wright who wrote to me:
Thorens was originally a Swiss company that made music boxes and later used its clockwork mechanisms on phonographs and gramophones then made the jump to electrify their work. I would not be qualified to comment on any meaning behind the box design and the company seems to have lost interest in its past--they've ignored any direct queries from me, anyway. The design did strike me as reminiscent of a Star of David, but that's all I can say.

I found another Thorens Star of David on a music box in Ebay along with many other Jewish symbols in a painting made by Jewish-American painter Arthur Szyk in 1943.
It seems that Thorens allowed customers to put their own design on their music boxes and the one Keith owns belonged probably to a Jew.