Yaakov Kirschen’s first cartoon was published in the Jerusalem Post on Jan. 1, 1973. The comic, called “Dry Bones,” starred a Ziggy-like character named Shuldig, a bald and bristly everyman, ...

Before, I was unremarkable. Now my very being begs a litany of questions, such as, “Wait, why does she have all those sticks?

Today, across the great battlefields of World Wars I and II, builders overturn the bones of the victims ... but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” ...

I first encountered two of Yaakov Kirschen’s cartoon characters in the late 1980s when I was about eight or nine years old. But I’m not talking about Mr. Shuldig, King Solomon, Doobie the dog or any ...

for Stick and Bones and Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Sticks and Bones. What awards has Elizabeth Wilson won? Elizabeth Wilson has won the following ...

“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” If this were only true. We forget that we are Americans. America was built by multi-national people; people who worked ...

But if you know where to look and listen, objects like rocks, ice, shells, bones and even seaweed have their own music within them. San Francisco-based composer and performer Cheryl E. Leonard ...

It is said the more nicknames you have for a loved one, the more affection you have for them. I suppose this is why those pet names, (from sweetheart to pumpkin to bubba to buddy to babe) are called ...

Through his “Dry Bones” cartoon, Kirschen, who died Monday at age 87, kept resurrecting our spirits by laughing at our enemies – and ourselves. Writhing in post-October 7 trauma, we forget ...

After making aliyah in 1971, the Brooklyn-born Kirschen began sketching his trademark “Dry Bones” cartoons in 1973. The cartoon was internationally syndicated and published in The Jerusalem Post for ...

But if you know where to look and listen, objects like rocks, ice, shells, bones and even seaweed have their own music within them. San Francisco-based composer and performer Cheryl E. Leonard ...