Artist · United States

1938 to 2025

Known for

“Dry Bones”

Portrait of Yaakov Kirschen
Cover of Dry BonesDry Bones
Born1938
Born inNew York City
CountryUnited States
Workeditorial cartoonist
Alsoillustrator
Died2025
Comics on record1

Yaakov Kirschen.

editorial cartoonist · illustrator

United States, 1938 to 2025

In short

Dry Bones is an English-language Israeli political cartoon strip by Yaakov Kirschen that was published by The Jerusalem Post from 1973 until 2023, and then by the Jewish News Syndicate from 2023 until Kirschen's death in 2025. Dry Bones was syndicated in North America by Cagle Cartoons. Dry Bones was syndicated to Jewish community newspapers around the world and has been reprinted and quoted by The New York Times, Time magazine, the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, CBS, the AP and Forbes.

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Biodata

Born
1938, New York City
Died
2025
Citizenship
United States, Israel
Work
editorial cartoonist, illustrator, painter
Career

Yaakov Kirschen, in numbers

Lifetime

Sketchbook

Portrait of Yaakov Kirschen

Cover of Dry Bones
Known for

The essential Yaakov Kirschen