Kariel Gardosh (; April 15, 1921 – February 28, 2000) was an Israeli

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and

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known by his

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Dosh (). He worked as a political cartoonist for the Israeli daily newspaper ''

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'' and for the ''

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''. Gardosh is the creator of the character Srulik which became a symbol for sabras and the State of Israel, similar to

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in the United States.

Biography

Karl Goldberger () (later Kariel Gardosh) was born in

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in 1921 to an assimilated Jewish family. With the outbreak of

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he and his family were arrested by the

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s. Gardosh was sent to mine copper as

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, and his parents and most of his family were killed in the

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. In early 1946 he left

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and moved to

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. He studied comparative literature at the Sorbonne University. In 1948, Goldberger immigrated to

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and changed his name to Kariel. He later joined Lehi and participated in several operations. After the assassination of

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, Goldberger was arrested for his membership in Lehi. He was released after the organization was amnestied in 1949. In 1953 he joined the staff of the ''

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'' newspaper where he published a daily political cartoon for many years. Gradually he began to engage in writing articles, stories and skits for the newspaper as well. Gardosh and three of his colleagues at Maariv -

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, Ephraim Kishon and Yaakov Farkash (Ze'ev), were affectionately called "the Hungarian mob." In 1981–1983 Gardosh worked at as a

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at the Israeli embassy in

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He had two children with his first wife, Shoshana Roman, and lived with his partner Tova Pardo until his death of

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on 28 February 2000, at the age of 78.

Awards and commemoration

Gardosh won the Herzl Prize, the Nordau Prize, the Jabotinsky Award and the Sokolow Prize in recognition of his work.

References

External links

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BiographyOnline access to over 3,000 of Dosh's original sketches
Dosh Archive,

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