Thursday, October 31, 2013

Mobile Phones

Dry Bones, Kirschen, cartoon, cartoon, cell, cellphone, memory, Technology, telecommunications, telcom, smart phones, , mobille, mobile phones,  Memory loss, like global warming, can be attributed to natural causes (like old age) or to humans screwing up again (like shooting microwaves through our heads with our really neat new phones) .

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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Islamists

Dry Bones, Kirschen, cartoon, islam, islamist, Islamism,turkey, iran, egypt, moslem brotherhood, Islamism, Our best wishes go out to our Egyptian neighbors in their battle to defeat the Islamist threat to their nation. Some day, hopefully, we will embrace our Turkish and Iranian friends after they emerge from the Islamist destruction of their unique and valuable national civilizations..

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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

No Big Deal

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Yup. Gazans have started launching missiles and rockets at Israeli towns and cities again. Not yet a "big deal."

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Monday, October 28, 2013

America Snoops on Allies

Dry Bones, Kirschen, cartoon, america, obama, NSA, spying, phones, telecommunications, europe, diplomacy,allies The American administration just keeps dropping the ball. Sad. And somehow it's getting to be funny. Well, maybe not funny, but ludicrous for sure .

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Sunday, October 27, 2013

the Plain Brown Box

Dry Bones, cartoon, holidays, Holiday, jews, judaica,Jewish Culture, haggadah, Israel, history, generations, continuity, jewish continuity, passover, pesach, pessach, digital haggadah, haggada, hagadda, hagada  November 16th will be one year since the close of our successful Kickstarter project to fund the creation of a Dry Bones Passover Haggadah. The manuscript is now done and the work is at the printer. If the events of the past year are any indication, we're in for another wild life-changing and exciting year, and I thought I'd keep you posted on what's going on. The plan is to keep a diary of our campaign to make the Dry Bones Haggadah THE haggadah for Passover 2014-5774, and this is the first diary "entry". It's called the Plain Brown Box.
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the Plain Brown Box


I was a child in Brooklyn in the 1940’s. One of my earliest Passover memories is of a plain brown box that sat on the Seder table. A guest had brought it as a gift. The box held slices of special matzahs that had been prepared under the strictest supervision of super religious Jews.
I couldn’t understand why such a precious gift was in such a plain undecorated ugly brown box. The lesson was that these holy men had directed all their attention to the product that they had lovingly produced and didn’t waste an extra penny on fancy packaging.
So our Dry Bones Haggadahs will come to you in plain brown boxes along with my hopes that they will find a place in your heart and on your Seder table. So the cardboard cartons, ready to put together are now "Warehoused" in our livingroom.

The chief box-assembler will be the LSW (Long Suffering Wife). shown here learning to handle a tape sealer from Lee Glassman, friend, tourist guide, and experienced "tape sealer".

You can get your set of haggadahs (in plain brown boxes) in one of two ways. One, online at the http://store.drybones.com and two, at our booth at the upcoming General Assembly of the Jewish Federations to be held in Jerusalem on Nov 10-11.

To Be Continued . . .

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Friday, October 25, 2013

A Deceptive Calm?

Dry Bones, Kirschen, cartoon, america, obama, moslem brotherhood, islamists, Egypt, peace agreement, Iran Something major is going on behind the seeming calm on the international and middle east scene, They're just not telling us. Or maybe they aren't noticing it. Or maybe ...

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Thursday, October 24, 2013

Quiz Show

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Like the guy in the last panel of today's cartoon, I'm still trying to answer the question.

Is it any easier for you to answer?

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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Not Just Jews

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Eight hours before I wrote this column and posted this cartoon:
Egypt:
Gunmen open fire at Coptic Christian wedding in Cairo
Four people, including an eight-year-old girl, killed in suspected sectarian attack on minority which makes up 10% of population

Gunmen shot dead at least four Egyptians outside a Coptic Christian church on the edge of C airo on Sunday evening as worshippers left the building after a wedding, state media reported. Two adults and two girls aged eight and 12 were killed, and at least 12 others injured, after the gunmen sprayed bullets seemingly at random.
The perpetrators, and their motives, are unknown as they left the area quickly on motorcycles, according to witnesses. But there are strong concerns that the shootings mark the latest sectarian attack on Egypt's Coptic Christian minority, which makes up around 10% of Egypt's population of 85 million . . .more

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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

No Nukes

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It's not a 12-step program.
It's just a 2-step program.>

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Monday, October 21, 2013

disappearing nations

Dry Bones, Kirschen, cartoon, islam, islamist, turkey, iran, egypt, moslem brotherhood, Islamism, Our best wishes go out to our Egyptian neighbors in their battle to defeat the Islamist threat to their nation. Some day, hopefully, we will embrace our Turkish and Iranian friends after they emerge from the Islamist destruction of their unique and valuable national civilizations..

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Friday, October 18, 2013

Israel Egypt Peace Treaty

Dry Bones, Kirschen, cartoon, america, obama, moslem brotherhood, islamists, Egypt, peace agreement This year the leadership of North American Jewry will hold its annual General Assembly meeting in Jerusalem. I and the LSW (Long Suffering Wife) will be there to launch our campaign to make our Dry Bones Haggadah THE Haggadah for 2014. If you'll be at the GA, don't be a stranger, stop by and say hello.

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Thursday, October 17, 2013

the Haggadah for 2014

Dry Bones, cartoon, holidays, Holiday, jews, judaica,Jewish Culture, haggadah, Israel, history, generations, continuity, jewish continuity, passover, pesach, pessach, digital haggadah, haggada, hagadda, hagada  I and the LSW (Long Suffering Wife) have spent the last year on the creation of a very special haggadah that I believe can deliver the gift of Jewish Continuity and the Joy of being Jewish. Our goal is to make this THE haggadah for 2014 and for generations to come. It has, at last, been fully checked and proofread. The First Edition of the Dry Bones Passover Haggadah is about to go to press in Jerusalem.

Meanwhile the ebook (pdf) is ready. If you were a Kickstarter Haggadah Funder you'll be getting your Digital Haggadah within a few days.
Others can check it out at www.store.drybones.com

Let's make this THE Haggadah for 2014!

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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

He and She

Dry Bones, kirschen, cartoon, age, health, he and she, seniors, aging, health care, marriage, memory, forgettingHere's another "He and She" cartoon. Documenting the world of the "newly elderly." . . .loosely based on yours truly and the LSW (Long Suffering Wife.

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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

The October War (1973)

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October 12, 1973
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FLASH: I've decided to "cover" the upcoming GA in Jerusalem. Once every five years North American Jewry's Federations and their friends convene in the Jewish State. I and the LSW (Long Suffering Wife) will keep you posted on what's happening from inside the convention.

Today's Golden Oldie was published in 1973, six days after the breakout of the Yom Kippur War, which was in October so the Arab world calls it ...You guessed it! The October War.

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Monday, October 14, 2013

America Punishes Egypt

Dry Bones, Kirschen, cartoon, america, obama, moslem brotherhood, islamists, Egypt, peace agreementAmerica Punishes Egypt for fighting against an Islamic takeover!? A chill wind is blowing out of Washington

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Friday, October 11, 2013

New Alliance?

Dry Bones, Kirschen, cartoon, america, obama, Saudi aradia, saudis,Israel, Moslem, Muslims, jihad, Islam, UN, united nations, iran, Rouhani, iislamism, shia, shiite, nukes,"What Next?" indeed. Your thoughts?

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Thursday, October 10, 2013

the President and the Congress (1998)

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October 05, 1998
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Today's Golden Oldie was published in 1998 ...Fifteen years ago this month.The news was the battle between the U.S. President and the U.S. Congress.
Yikes.

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Wednesday, October 09, 2013

He and She

Dry Bones, kirschen, cartoon, age, health, he and she, seniors, aging, health care, marriage Here's another "He and She" cartoon. Documenting the world of the "newly elderly." . . .loosely based on yours truly and the LSW (Long Suffering Wife.

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Tuesday, October 08, 2013

Rebel Factions (1993)

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October 24, 1993
(2004) Dry Bones cartoon: Yom Kippur, Fasting, Holidays, Jewish Culture, Shuldig,
Today's Golden Oldie was published in 1993 ...Twenty years ago this month we were worrying about "rebel factions" getting their hands on weapons of mass destruction.
Yikes.

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Monday, October 07, 2013

Shutdown

Dry Bones cartoon -kirschen, dry bones, cartoon, obama, president, government, congress, shutdown, America,I find that old Jokes are often a good guide to understanding current events.

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Friday, October 04, 2013

Rouhani Responds

Dry Bones, Kirschen, cartoon, america, obama, Israel, Moslem, Muslims, jihad, Islam, Islamism,terror, terrorism, UN, united nations, iran, Rouhani, iislamism, shia, shiite, nukes, WMD Natanyahu's UN speech will convince no one, but it will allow us, next year, to say "We told you so!"
For whatever that's worth.

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Thursday, October 03, 2013

Fight of the Century (2003)

Yom Kippur, Fasting, Holidays, Jewish Culture, Shuldig,
October 27, 2003
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Today's Golden Oldie was published in 2003 ...Ten years ago this month. The fight is still on and we're still hoping!

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Wednesday, October 02, 2013

He and She

Dry Bones, cartoon, age, memory, he and she, seniors, aging, dying, friends,  Here's another "He and She" cartoon. Documenting the world of the "newly elderly." . . .loosely based on yours truly and the LSW (Long Suffering Wife.

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Tuesday, October 01, 2013

Expert Caution

Yom Kippur, Fasting, Holidays, Jewish Culture, Shuldig,
November 26, 2001
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Today's Golden Oldie was published in 2001 ...twelve years before the international team of Islamic Jihadis hit the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, killing, torturing, maiming, terrorizing, and murdering in the name of Islam.
and the West still attempts to deny that there is a world wide Islamist War to Conquer the World.

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