#star of david
“If crosses are everywhere, why not make the Star of David ubiquitous too?” says fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi. Throughout Pride Month, we’re celebrating some of our favorite LGBTQ artists in the Jewish Museum collection. See Mizrahi’s iconic Star of David Belt on view now in Scenes from the Collection.
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Happy Father’s Day! Take dad out for a beer, then explore the curious history of this beer pitcher from c. 1880 Germany, on view now in Scenes from the Collection. The six-pointed star, commonly thought to be an ancient symbol of Jewish identity, actually assumed this significance fairly late. In fact, the hexagram has undergone numerous changes in meaning over time as well as being a widespread motif in other cultures. In southern Germany, “brauerstern” or brewer’s star, was the symbol for beer brewing. It had no Jewish meaning, but in the 18th century German hop traders were often Jewish. Whether the star on this one is Jewish or not is therefore anyone’s guess.
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Israel win gold at swimming world championships in Qatar (mazeltov) but whats missing? Star of David censored from picture (and THIS is where the world cup is going to be?!)
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Sword of David Pendant ⚔️
From a sketch to a wax model to nearly a sterling silver pendant, this design has come a long way! So excited for it to actually be a necklace soon :)
Thinking about how in Hebrew, the Star of David is called Magen David, which means Shield of David, because of the legend that it was the symbol on King David’s shield.
Butwho was the real shield in David’s life? The one who would constantly try to protect him from King Shaul and his army, who put his life and honour on the line defending him multiple times?
Yonatan.
The Magen David isYonatan.
Yonatan gave David his weapons when he fell in love with him, but not his shield. Why would that be? Maybe it’s because Yonatan was his shield.
When David sings a surge lamenting the deaths of Shaul and Yonatan, there’s a line that goes as such:
“Behold in Gilboa, let there be no dew or rain upon you, or bountiful fields; for there the shield of warriors, the shield of Shaul were rejected, no longer anointed with oil.”
It’s interesting that Yonatan isn’t mentioned in this stanza, but Shaul is.
But upon analysis of the context….David was a poet.
He wouldn’t have to mention a person by name in order to mention them.
What if the “shield of warriors” wasn’t a physical shield, but Yonatan?
David and Shaul were both warriors, Yonatan never was. He gave away his weapons to David, he was skilled with the bow but the only time we see him use it is to send a coded signal to David. Yonatan was called weak by his father for his lack of aggression- he was always the defender and never the offender.
Yonatan is the shield.
Perhaps when we wear our Magen David necklaces, or embroider and carve them into our Judaica, we are wearing a symbol of Yonatan- a man who chose love over war.
