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Ink and irony: A closer look at the cartoonist who chronicled Israel’s formative years

From a discarded book at the National Library to iconic sketches of Arieh Navon, a personal journey through the satirical heart of early statehood reveals the humor and grit of our founding years.

THE CHIZBATRON, (1948) by Arieh Navon
A detail from Arthur Szyk's “They Too Have a Right to Live,”  which first appeared in the May 12, 1943 issue of The New York Times and was presumably sponsored by the Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People of Europe, an organization founded by Zionist activist Peter Bergson in 1943.

This Jewish artist fought Nazis with a paintbrush, when art like his still mattered 

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks to the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas, Nov. 5, 2021.

'Petty': US Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem denounces South Park portrayal

 US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he departs for travel to Pennsylvania from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, July 15, 2025; illustrative.

A red line for the White House: South Park episode features Trump in bed with the devil


Barbed ire

A new exhibition at the Holon Cartoon Museum displays Israeli political drawings and caricatures

Border Conflict by Guy Marod / Yedioth Ahronoth: The chief of staff asks, as he looks at an incendiary balloon flying over from Gaza. ‘What do we do?’ Then-Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman responds, ‘Pray for rain’

Canadian journal apologizes for publishing antisemitic cartoon

Last week, the Jewish Federation of Edmonton called on the paper to publicly apologize for the cartoon and its antisemitic tropes.

The Edmonton Journal building in Canada.

Artist behind cartoon deemed antisemitic will not attend White House event

Cartoonist Ben Garrison, who drew Jewish philanthropist George Soros as a puppet-master controlling the U.S. government, caused an uproar when the invitation became known.

A Trump supporter adjusts her hat as she waits at President-elect Donald Trump’s election-night rally in Manhattan

Artist who drew antisemitic cartoon invited to White House

Garrison tweeted an image of his invitation to the White House for a social media summit, saying he was “honored.”

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Lots of Cents and no Sensibilities - Cartoon

Feintooner is a painter and cartoonist.

Lots of Cents and no Sensibilities cartoon

'NYT' ends political cartoons after antisemitic controversy

Decision comes weeks after 'International New York Times' prints widely slammed caricature of Netanyahu and Trump.

New York Times cartoon depicting Netanyahu as a guide dog with Trump

Jerusalem museum honors 'Israeli Walt Disney,' Mossad cartoonist

Clila and Hadasa Bau were awarded the "Renewal Award" by the Old Yishuv Court Museum.

Clila Bau-Cohen speaking to a group visiting the Joseph Bau House

Antisemitism at The New York Times?

Yet another Sulzberger mea culpa in the paper’s political cartoon.

The cartoon in The New York Times International Edition showing a blind US President Donald Trump led by a dog with the face of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wearing a Star of David on his collar

Precautionary Steps: Rising tensions between U.S. and Iran - Cartoon

Precautionary Steps

Jewish cartoonist Eli Valley sparks angry debate about antisemitism

To Valley’s critics, he is simply attacking Jews in ways that are indistinguishable from the way they’d be portrayed by an antisemite.

SUPPORTERS OF ISRAEL dance during a rally in New York on Sunday.