Dry Bones (comic strip)

Dry Bones is an Israeli political cartoon strip published in the English-language newspaper The Jerusalem Post since 1973.

Kirschen originally held a job in making greeting cards, but was eventually fired due to his "jocular" behaviour.

[8] After a 2019 cartoon in the New York Times depicting Benjamin Netanyahu as a guide dog leading Donald Trump (portrayed as a blind man) sparked controversy over perceived antisemitism, Kirschen criticized the cartoon, which he believed was using both anti-semitic tropes and a lack of creativity.

In an interview he gave the example of a cartoon by Dave Brown depicting Ariel Sharon as eating babies, which won several awards.

During the aftermath of the Sabra and Shatila massacres, The New York Times published an article on Israeli perception of the event, where Dry Bones was featured.

-Yaakov KirschenDry Bones has been characterized as generally pro-Israel, and has tried to spread awareness of the persecution of Christians in Africa and Syria.

[15][16] The comic strip was criticised in an episode of the podcast Chapo Trap House for its poor quality and racist undertones.