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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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Joyful Simhat Torah with Hostages Returning

Dry Bones Golden Oldies by Sali, the LSW. This cartoon is from 2009

Wishing everyone a Happy Simhat Torah!

We are all so very happy and relieved to see all of the 20 living hostages coming home today! I watched TV since the early hours of the morning as the first 7 hostages were turned over and are now back in Isaeili hands. The rest are supposed to be turned over in about an hour. I am so hap

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Yaakov Kirschen’s books

Average rating: 4.18 · 72 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 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 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 — 1 rating — 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