Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Bag Flag

An Israeli flag appears on a bag promoting the selling of dresses. I didn't see actually any doll walking in the street with this kind of gadget, but it seems that it won't be long till each Israeli patriot will have at least one of these bags (and then the Arabs will make bags with their own flags:)

Picture by Hayim Shtayer. Copyright Hayim Shtayer 2009  

Article About Stamps in a French Magazine

Dr Claude Wainstain, who lives in  Saint-Mandé France, just published (in French) in the "Echo de la Timbrologie" of May 2009 an article titled: Sous le signe de l’etoile [under the sign of the star] which includes dozens of examples of philatelic items that show a hexagram. 

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Hexagram Lacing

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Thanks to Dan Felaman who referred us to this amazing idea. 

Thursday, April 16, 2009

The Flag of the First Congress in Basel-2

Lena Harris died on Jan. 7, 1929 at the age of 72. She was the mother of Morris Harris, designer of the flag that hang in 1897 at the first Zionist Congress hall in Bazel, Switzerland. She sewed this flag. Morris & Lena Harris also made twelve smaller flags representing the twelve tribes.

Her tombstone is at the Independent Stamford Lodge Cemetery in Darien, Connecticut.

Copyright: caboose_rodeo  (from Flickr) 2009

 

The Flag of the First Congress in Basel-1

Morris Harris (Jan. 25, 1874-Oct. 16, 1952) was a member of Hovevei Zion and a flag manufacturer ("Harlem Upholsterer" on 116th street New York).  In 1897 he designed the flag  of the first Zionist Congress that was held in Basel, Switzerland. He continued manufacturing these flags for many years, until he gave the design to the American Flag Company. His tombstone is at the Independent Stamford Lodge Cemetery in Darien, Connecticut.

Copyright: caboose_rodeo  (from Flickr) 2009

Monday, April 13, 2009

Hexagram Shaped Spur, Budapest

Copyright: Zako 2009

Friday, April 10, 2009

The Cathedral of St. James in Jerusalem

There’s a 12th century hexagram at the dome of the Armenian Cathedral of St. James, which is  located in the Armenian Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem. There’s a connection between the six-pointed star and the 12 Apostles (and St. James was one of them) – but I don’t think that this is the meaning of this special hexagram in this case..

Picture is courtesy of surrealpenguin from Flickr