Srulik
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Srulik (Template:Langx, Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a cartoon character symbolizing Israel. The character was created in 1956 by the Israeli cartoonist Kariel Gardosh, known by his pen name Dosh.[1]
The cartoon appeared for many years in the newspaper Maariv. Yosef Lapid, Dosh's colleague on the editorial board of Maariv, described Srulik as an icon of Israel in the same way that Marianne and Columbia were respectively icons of France and the United States.
Description
Srulik is generally depicted as a young man or teenager wearing a tembel hat, Biblical sandals, and khaki shorts. Dosh drew Srulik in cartoons on current events for Maariv, and also for various "specials" and occasions of the young state. During wartime, Srulik put on a uniform and was drafted to raise the national morale.
Symbolism
Many have pointed out Srulik's function as an antithesis of the antisemitic caricatures which appeared in Der Stürmer and other European and Arab journals. As against the stereotype of the weak or cunning Jew that was propagated by Joseph Goebbels, Dosh — a Holocaust survivor — drew a proud, strong and sympathetic Jewish character. The journalist Shalom Rosenfeld, editor of Maariv in 1974–1980, wrote:
Handala
Srulik has been compared to Handala, the Palestinian national personification (which appeared later), and has appeared together with Handala in murals supporting the two-state solution.[2]
See also
References
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- ↑ Gil Stern Stern Zohar, Guest Columnist: Srulik, meet Handala: Introducing the two iconic cartoons, known respectively by Israelis and Palestinians yet unknown to each other, is not a bad way to begin, January 7, 2011, Jerusalem Post
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