The Surprising History of the Star of David

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Published on Mar 3, 2021
Learn more about Marc Bennett's Star of David Project here: https://starofdavidart.com/

The history of the Star of David is more than a little murky. So how did two overlapping triangles become the single most powerful icon of the Jewish people? We unpack the roots of the Magen David as an ancient Kabbalistic amulet tracing its path into the universal symbol of almost all things Jewish and Israeli.

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- Dani Cohen
- Eddie Gerald/UNESCO
- Flickr:
Damian Entwistle
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Zachi Evenor
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- GPO:
Fritz Cohen
Hugo Mendelson
Moshe Milner
- Israel State Archives
- Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary
- National Library of Israel
- PeopleOfAr.com
- Rachel Ziv
- Washington Jewish Week
- Wikimedia:
David Shankbone
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Etan J. Tal
Ian Scott
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Ã˜yvind Holmstad
- Yad Vashem