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Here comes the judge

Waiting for the “verdict” from Israel’s Supreme Court judges reminded me of an old routine by a vaudeville comedian...

Credit: Yaakov (DryBones) Kirschen.
Credit: Yaakov (DryBones) Kirschen.

Waiting for the “verdict” of Israel’s Supreme Court judges reminded me of an old routine called “Here Comes the Judge” by a vaudeville comedian named Pigmeat Markham.

The routine became a comedy classic and was revived by a series of great American comedians during the early days of television.

I haven’t thought of it for years.

Until now...

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.
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