The comic, called “Dry Bones,” starred a Ziggy-like character named Shuldig, a bald and bristly everyman, and his dog Doobie. I first read Dry Bones in Hebrew school, when it served as an ...

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 ...