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Yaakov Kirschen

Born

in New York, NY, The United States

March 08, 1938

Died

April 14, 2025

Genre

Comic Strips / Cartoons

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Yaakov Kirschen, Political Analyst, Yale Fellow, Blogger, and Dry Bones Cartoonist.

Kirschen was born in Brooklyn NY in 1938. He studied art at Queens College and became a cartoonist after he graduated in 1961.

In 1971 he moved to Israel, changed his first name from Jerry to Yaakov, and in 1973 began drawing a daily editorial strip called Dry Bones, which has become internationally syndicated and is known as Israel’s Political Comic Strip. Kirschen is a member of both America’s National Cartoonists Society and the Israeli Cartoonists Society.

He was, in parallel with his career as a cartoonist, been an innovative computer game designer and inventor. His company LKP ltd. has done work for major computer and game companies both in Israel and in ...more

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Yaakov Kirschen's Blog

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Happy Yom HaAtzmaut (Israel Independence Day)

Happy Yom HaAtzmaut (Israel Independence Day)

Dry Bones Cartoon from 2017, Posted by Sali the LSW

Wishing you health and happiness, prosperity and peace. Thank you so much to all of you who have donated! And thank you to all who have written me beautiful notes. I am so very thankful for so much!
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Yaakov Kirschen’s books

Average rating: 4.16 · 74 ratings · 11 reviews · 13 distinct works

	Trees: The Green Testament 3.91 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1993 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What a Country! Dry Bones Looks at Israel by Yaakov Kirschen, Yossi Klein Halevi (Introduction) 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1996	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dry Bones Cartoons Fight Back 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dry Bones: Israel's Comic Strip 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1976	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dry Bones Passover Haggadah הגדה של פסח 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	That Comic Strip from Israel: Dry bones it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1979	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Young and Innocent: The Way We Were it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dry Bones Presents: Jewish Curses: A Guide and Coloring Book 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Plague of Frogs: Paper Model Construction Book for Passover 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dry Bones Presents: A Yiddish Who's Who: Shnorrers, Shnooks, and Others: A Guide and Coloring Book 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars