Israel’s Dry Bones

Dry Bones Cartoons by Yaacov Kirshen

This post will be the first in a series on funnies from Israel. It can be video clips, stories I come across, experiences from the world of tourism, or cartoons that express Israel. One of Israel’s saving graces has always been its ability to laugh at itself.

I will start with something that entertained me for many years as a reader of the off-line version of The Jerusalem Post, Yaacov Kirshen’s Dry Bones cartoons.

Yaacov Kirshen

Yaacov Kirshen

This is what Kirshen says about himself:

Another Brooklyn boy. Born March 8, 1938. Graduated from Queens College 1961. Wrote and drew funny cards for Norcross. After dismissal for loudness and jocular attitude became a freelance gag cartoonist for the former “Mad Mag” [Read more...]