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The Festival of Dedication is here.

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.

Wishing everyone a Happy Hanukkah seems inappropriate.

We are at war.

As we were so long ago when the miracle of “Hanukkah” took place.

This week’s meetings will test a U.S.-brokered plan for IDF pullbacks and Lebanese army “pilot zones” tied to removing the threat from the Iranian proxy.
“No Jew should ever feel compelled to hide their identity to receive medical care in an Australian hospital,” said Israel’s Foreign Ministry.
The government pledged more than $335 million over three years to add police and strengthen protection.
For the first time, one-way attack sea drones took part in the operation, according to CENTCOM.
At state ceremony in Jerusalem, the Israeli president, prime minister and chief of staff said the legacy of “Operation Yonatan” continues to define Israel’s commitment never to abandon its citizens.
“Friends like Lindsey Graham come along once in a generation,” stated William Daroff, CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.