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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Surrounding the Magen David with yellow stars? The secret history and complex legacy of Israel's flag
Description: On this week 73 years ago, Israel officially enacted a law recognizing its new national flag: the classic blue-and-white Star of David we recognize today.
Ever since, the Israeli flag has evoked pride and a sense of belonging for Israelis and most Jews in the diaspora. But it has also, increasingly in recent years, become a geopolitical lightning rod, burned by opponents of Israel in the Middle East and smeared by anti-Zionist protesters around the world.
How would the flag's designers react to this controversy today? Did they know how powerful the symbol would become? And...