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Welded together

After we win this war, Israel will be a very different place.

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.

Hamas’s atrocity has traumatized us all.

A country that enjoyed the luxury of constant squabbling has been welded together by a pogrom. Here in Israel?! The images have been seared into our brains.

One of the signs of our newfound unity is ultra-Orthodox Jews, or haredim, enlisting in the Israel Defense Forces.

After we win this war, Israel will be a very different place.

Perhaps with a bit more “brotherly love.”

One hopes...

The U.S. president said the contacts were “in depth, detailed, and constructive,” and could lead to a “complete and total resolution” of the conflict.
Four Hatzolah vehicles were torched in Golders Green, prompting police to open a hate crime probe.
Dozens of wounded arrived at the hospital following Iranian missile strikes on Dimona and Arad.
The crossing was struck “to prevent harm to Israeli civilians, as well as to Lebanese civilians,” the army said.
Michael Specht, Ramapo Town Council supervisor, called the incident “very disturbing.”
“We are determined to continue striking our enemies on all fronts,” added the Israeli premier.