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It cannot be said that we live in “uninteresting” times...

Credit: Yaakov (DryBones) Kirschen.
Credit: Yaakov (DryBones) Kirschen.
Political cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., made aliyah to Israel in 1971 and began drawing “Dry Bones” in January 1973. The internationally syndicated, award-winning cartoons ran in The Jerusalem Post for 50 years. They were reprinted in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, TIME and other mainstream media publications. The “Dry Bones” story has been covered by CBS, CNN and Forbes, among other outlets. He was a member of America’s National Cartoonists Society and the Israeli Cartoonists Society. Kirschen died at 87 on April 14, 2025.

It cannot be said that we live in “uninteresting” times...

Two Israeli officers were critically wounded during ground operations in Southern Lebanon.
The slain victim guarded residential buildings in Tel Aviv that were damaged in a previous strike.
The Iranian-backed terrorist group fired a ballistic missile at Israel’s south.
Children are being enrolled for checkpoint duty and logistics.
The New York City mayor said that the accused attacker is an alleged member of a right-wing, violent Jewish group.
Army says strikes on missile production, air defenses and naval assets have reduced the Islamic Republic’s capacity to attack.