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 ...

“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 ...