Re: Harmonica family Jewish ?

[Inna Barmash <ibarmash...>]

The 5 pointed star was used on the Soviet flag. According to one website:

"the five points of the star symbolize the single unity and international
representation of the government -- each of the five points is
representative of the five (up to then known/recognized) continents."
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/su.html#sym

-inna

"I. Oppenheim" wrote:

> On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, Lori Cahan-Simon wrote:
>
> > No, it's just that after the symbolism of the 5
> > pointed star connected with communism, they all
> > switched to 6 pointed stars.  It now makes a cute
> > Chanukah decoration. Lorele
>
> Interesting. How was the 5 pointed start used in
> Communism?
>
> Irwin
>

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