Star of David, Covilha (Portugal)…. Coincidence?Magen David is a symbol generally recognized as representing both Jewish identity and Judaism. Although not only a jewish symbol, its association as a distinctive image for the Jewish people dates to 17th-century Eastern Europe. In the 19th century, the symbol began to be widely used by the Jewish communities ultimately coming to represent Jewish identity or religious beliefs. It became representative of Zionism after it was chosen as the central symbol for a Jewish national flag at the First Zionist Congress in 1897.Covilha, an industrial town in the north-east of Portugal inaugurated its municipal seal in 1930. At that time the town had over 6,000 Neo-Christians (approx. 40% of the population) a synagogue with the Polish engineer Samual Schwartz as the president of the congregation. Coincidence?