Jewish heraldry

Like the early 14th century seal of Kalonymos bar Todros HaNasi, the leader of the Jewish community in Narbonne, France, who used a lion rampant to represent him and his family.

He adopted this symbolism to represent his connection to the Davidic line, thus setting the precedent of the Lion of Judah as a common Jewish heraldic charge.

The trend of Jewish Heraldry was accelerated in the 16th century, especially in Amsterdam and parts of Italy, where several Jews obtained chairs at universities in Perugia, Ferrara, Bologna in 1528, and Rome in 1539, which in some cases carried with them personal nobility.

Such as the Benveniste family who, when emigrating to the Amsterdam adopted a new arms which included the Star of David, a lion cub of Judah a castle and 10 moons (the Kabbalist symbols of the 10 Sefirot).

The first Jew in the HRE to receive a grant of arms was Jacob Batsheba Schmieles who was ennobled at the same time, having in 1622 been made a knight of the Holy Roman Empire with the title of *Bassevi von Treuenberg.

(Sable, on a bend argent between two lions passant bendwise or, three eight-pointed stars gules)[3][4][5] During the Age of Enlightenment, several hundred Jewish families were granted arms throughout Europe and were made part of the Nobility.

Arms of the Camondo family, French-Italian Jewish nobility of Ottoman origin
Arms of Sir Moses Montefiore , a wealthy 19th-century British financier and banker. Included in the Arms are two Stars of David and a flag that reads ’ירושלים’ ("Jerusalem")
Arms of Rappaport Family , a prominent Kohanic rabbinic family.
Arms of Abravanel Family
Coat of Arms (Printer's Mark) of Immanuel Benveniste , Amsterdam, 17th century.