Remembering Yaakov Kirschen, "Dry Bones" Political Cartoonist and Humorist

Israeli political cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen died on Monday at 87 at the Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba, following a lengthy illness.

As Danielle Greyman-Kennard wrote in The Jerusalem Post,

The famed cartoonist, known for Dry Bones, has been published by many leading newspapers in both Israel and the Diaspora - including The Jerusalem Post, which was the first to enjoy publishing Kirschen’s work in January of 1973.

"Bones, as his friends and colleagues called him, was a wonderful artist
and satirist who always hit the nail on the head with his cartoons," former Post editor-in-chief Steve Linde shared. "He really was a national treasure."

No political leader in Israel or the US was safe from Kirschen's perceptive and satiric wit. In addition to his daily cartoons, he wrote humorous books, gave lectures, and delivered jokes about life in Israel and other Jewish subjects. One of his long-time aims was achieved a few years ago with the publication of The Dry Bones Haggadah.

Here's a video clip from a Kirschen presentation in which he tells a few jokes about life in the Nixon era.

Enjoy!