In Israel, we are now in our annual “holiday/half-holiday” period, during which pretty much everything slows down or is postponed.
When the holidays are over, we will be recharged, ready to face 5784—and whatever it might bring ... in theory.
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When the holidays are over, we will be recharged, ready to face 5784--and whatever it might bring... in theory.
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.
