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Tu B’Shevat 2024

Replanting and rebuilding our beautiful Israel for generations to come ...

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.

Replanting and rebuilding our beautiful Israel for generations to come ...

The independent executive branch agency told JNS that the behavior is “not acceptable” and the incident is being “fully investigated.”
Abd al-Rahman intended to carry out the attack “in the immediate time frame.”
The Islamic Republic was two weeks away from obtaining the bomb, according to the U.S. president.
Presidents, CEOs, chief rabbis and other senior leaders of Diaspora communities gathered in Jerusalem to reaffirm commitment to Jewish self-determination.