Thursday, January 03, 2008

Gibraltar

Star of David on a Gibraltar Cancel

Photo of a Star of David on a Gibraltar Cancel from 1969 is courtesy of Stephanie Comfort

who published it on Flickr

The Cancel was published towards the 200th Anniversary of The Shaar HaShamayim Synagogue in Gibraltar.

German Jewish Armband

Star of David German Jewish armband

Photo of a Star of David on a German Jewish armband is courtesy of Stephanie Comfort who published it on Flickr

The photo attests that not only the Yellow Badge used to identify Jews during the Third Reich.

Basel, The City Where it all Started

Switzerland-hexagramPhoto is courtesy of clande who wrote to me :

The only thing I know is that it is near the Munster of Basel in Switzerland. There is a place, where you can watch down to the Rhine and this star is there.
For those of you who forgot- the first Zionist congress was kept in Basel – no wonder there’s a Star of David in the city where it all started (although most chances are that it is part of the Munster 13th century Cathedral)…