Yaakov Kirschen's Blog, page 242
February 2, 2014
Gangster Style Negotiations
Extorting, threatening, and bullying companies into submission through offering "protection" from implied violence is called the "Protection Racket," and was popular with Chicago Mobsters in the twenties. Could the current Administration's idea of negotiating be colored by its Chicago-based cultural roots? -Dry Bones- Israel's Political Comic Strip Since 1973
January 30, 2014
Europe ...Again!?
Europe . . . AGAIN?!! -Dry Bones- Israel's Political Comic Strip Since 1973
January 29, 2014
Step Two
The U.S. administration has done little to woo or even reassure the government of Israel. Apparently they don't feel the need to do so. -Dry Bones- Israel's Political Comic Strip Since 1973
January 28, 2014
Crisis Call
Before he was elected, cynical doubters questioned how a President Obama would react to crisis phone calls at 3AM. -Dry Bones- Israel's Political Comic Strip Since 1973
January 27, 2014
Uh Oh!
We are outsourcing our brain's work to our phones!!! -Dry Bones- Israel's Political Comic Strip Since 1973
January 26, 2014
Syrian Powder Keg
A passing thought. -Dry Bones- Israel's Political Comic Strip Since 1973
January 23, 2014
Antisemitism in America
Jonathan Pollard agreed to wave his right to a jury trial in return for a lighter sentence.And they screwed him.
End of story. -Dry Bones- Israel's Political Comic Strip Since 1973
January 21, 2014
the War
A major world war is going on and we are on the side-lines. "Sectarian violence" is the code word for the bloody and explosive religious war between Sunnis and Shias. A war that none of our leaders or reporters dare name! Wow! -Dry Bones- Israel's Political Comic Strip Since 1973
January 20, 2014
Jpost Announcement
Yaakov Kirschen, "Jerusalem Post" cartoonist, wins Bonei Zion award<!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Tahoma; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Georgia; panose-1:2 4 5 2 5 4 5 2 3 3;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:10.0pt; margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";} h1 {mso-style-link:"Heading 1 Char"; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in; font-size:24.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; font-weight:bold;} h2 {mso-style-link:"Heading 2 Char"; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in; font-size:18.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; font-weight:bold;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} p {margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} p.MsoAcetate, li.MsoAcetate, div.MsoAcetate {mso-style-link:"Balloon Text Char"; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";} span.Heading1Char {mso-style-name:"Heading 1 Char"; mso-style-link:"Heading 1"; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; font-weight:bold;} span.Heading2Char {mso-style-name:"Heading 2 Char"; mso-style-link:"Heading 2"; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; font-weight:bold;} span.expertorautherlink {mso-style-name:expertorautherlink;} span.apple-converted-space {mso-style-name:apple-converted-space;} span.datetime {mso-style-name:datetime;} span.in-widget {mso-style-name:in-widget;} span.teaser {mso-style-name:teaser;} span.photographer {mso-style-name:photographer;} span.imagetitle {mso-style-name:imagetitle;} span.BalloonTextChar {mso-style-name:"Balloon Text Char"; mso-style-link:"Balloon Text"; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} </style></head></html><br /><body blue="" en-us="" lang="" link="" purple="" vlink=""> <div class="" wordsection1=""> <span 9.5pt="" black="" font-family:="" font-size:="" quot="" rial="" sans-serif="">Longtime</span><span 9.5pt="" black="" font-family:="" font-size:="" quot="" rial="" sans-serif=""> </span><i><span 9.5pt="" black="" font-family:="" font-size:="" quot="" rial="" sans-serif="">Jerusalem Post</span></i><span 9.5pt="" black="" font-family:="" font-size:="" quot="" rial="" sans-serif=""> </span><span 9.5pt="" black="" font-family:="" font-size:="" quot="" rial="" sans-serif="">cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen, whose daily strip</span><span 9.5pt="" black="" font-family:="" font-size:="" quot="" rial="" sans-serif=""> </span><i><span 9.5pt="" black="" font-family:="" font-size:="" quot="" rial="" sans-serif="">Dry Bones</span></i><i><span 9.5pt="" black="" font-family:="" font-size:="" quot="" rial="" sans-serif=""> </span></i><span 9.5pt="" black="" font-family:="" font-size:="" quot="" rial="" sans-serif="">has run in the paper for four decades, won a 2014 Bonei Zion (Builders of Zion) Prize on Monday for his contributions to Israeli culture and the arts.<br /><br />Kirschen, 76, was born in Brooklyn and contributed to such publications as</span><span 9.5pt="" black="" font-family:="" font-size:="" quot="" rial="" sans-serif=""> </span><i><span 9.5pt="" black="" font-family:="" font-size:="" quot="" rial="" sans-serif="">Cracked</span></i><span 9.5pt="" black="" font-family:="" font-size:="" quot="" rial="" sans-serif=""> </span><span 9.5pt="" black="" font-family:="" font-size:="" quot="" rial="" sans-serif="">and</span><span 9.5pt="" black="" font-family:="" font-size:="" quot="" rial="" sans-serif=""> </span><i><span 9.5pt="" black="" font-family:="" font-size:="" quot="" rial="" sans-serif="">Playboy</span></i><i><span 9.5pt="" black="" font-family:="" font-size:="" quot="" rial="" sans-serif=""> </span></i><span 9.5pt="" black="" font-family:="" font-size:="" quot="" rial="" sans-serif="">before making aliya in 1971 and beginning his run writing and illustrating</span><span 9.5pt="" black="" font-family:="" font-size:="" quot="" rial="" sans-serif=""> </span><i><span 9.5pt="" black="" font-family:="" font-size:="" quot="" rial="" sans-serif="">Dry Bones</span></i><span 9.5pt="" black="" font-family:="" font-size:="" quot="" rial="" sans-serif=""> </span><span 9.5pt="" black="" font-family:="" font-size:="" quot="" rial="" sans-serif="">in 1973. According to Nefesh B’Nefesh, a private organization that runs Israel’s immigration operations in North America and conferred the $10,000 prize, Kirschen’s work “has provided a quintessentially Zionist, satirical and unique view of Israel to the world.”<br /><br />“I can’t think of an honor that I value more,” Kirschen told the</span><span 9.5pt="" black="" font-family:="" font-size:="" quot="" rial="" sans-serif=""> </span><i><span 9.5pt="" black="" font-family:="" font-size:="" quot="" rial="" sans-serif="">Post</span></i><span 9.5pt="" black="" font-family:="" font-size:="" quot="" rial="" sans-serif="">Monday. The winners, each of whom was awarded the prize for “encapsulat[ ing] the spirit of modern-day Zionism by contributing in a significant way towards the State of Israel” in his or her field, are those who “fulfilled the Haggada’s injunction of ‘next year in Jerusalem,’” Kirschen said. “We are the people who took that seriously and came here and helped to build a society, and therefore, being recognized for what I tried to do for forty years makes me very happy.”<br /><br /><i>Jerusalem Post</i></span><span 9.5pt="" black="" font-family:="" font-size:="" quot="" rial="" sans-serif=""> </span><span 9.5pt="" black="" font-family:="" font-size:="" quot="" rial="" sans-serif="">columnist and solar energy pioneer Yosef Abramowitz was also recognized by Nefesh B’ Nefesh for his work in the technology sector.<br /><br />Calling Abramowitz “the founding father of Israel’s $20 billion solar market,” the aliya organization stated that the American immigrant “embodies positive and powerful hasbara (public diplomacy) as his efforts showcase Israel – and by extension the Jewish people – as a compassionate driven provider of renewable energy development for the betterment of the world.”</span></div><div class="" line-height:="" msonormal="" normal="" quot="" white=""><span 9.5pt="" black="" font-family:="" font-size:="" quot="" rial="" sans-serif="">“It is a great honor to be recognized as a leading ‘technology entrepreneur’ in the Start-Up Nation,” Abramowitz said. “Anglo immigrants play leading roles in the continued building and transformation of the Jewish state. In that spirit, my wife Susan and I are contributing 10 percent of the Bonei Zion Prize for the benefit of refugee relief in Israel.”<br /><br />“I want to congratulate each of the winners of the Nefesh B’Nefesh Bonei Zion Prize for their remarkable accomplishments and important contributions to the State of Israel,” Nefesh B’Nefesh cofounder and executive director Rabbi Yehoshua Fass said in a statement. “We hope that accentuating the achievements of Anglo olim will serve as a catalyst to inspire others to make aliya as well as highlight the achievements of these olim who are helping to make a difference to our homeland.”<br /><br />Nefesh B’Nefesh also awarded the Bonei Zion Prize to four other Anglo olim for their contributions to Israel.<br /><br />Leket Israel founder Joseph Gitler was recognized for his organization’s community and nonprofit achievements distributing discarded food to approximately 140,000 needy people each week. Rabbanit Malke Bina of Matan received the prize for revolutionizing women’s education in Israel. Prof. Jefferey Hausdorff, a professor at Tel Aviv University and Director of the Neurodynamics and Gait Research Laboratory at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, was honored for his contributions to science and medicine. Lt. Nira Lee was awarded for her leadership in the IDF coordinating humanitarian aid to Gaza.<br /><br />Prof. Shimon Glick of Ben-Gurion University also received the Lifetime Achievement award.<br /><br />The recipients of the newly launched Bonei Zion Prize were chosen by a committee who selected them out of a pool of over 200 nominated olim.<br /><br />Each of the award-winners will receive $10,000 in a ceremony in Jerusalem sometime in the next two months.</span></div><div class="" msonormal=""></div></div></body> --> <div class="blogger-post-footer"> -Dry Bones- Israel's Political Comic Strip Since 1973</div>
January 19, 2014
Syrian Update
Political correctness evolves and morphs into new fascistic controls on our language. ZPG (zero populations growth) used to be a politically correct goal. Then it became racist(??!?) and today you just don't hear the phrase.
Like the Religion of Peace. -Dry Bones- Israel's Political Comic Strip Since 1973
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