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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 571

anti-Semitism in Ireland

Pedestrians walk past a mural depicting dark and shadowy Israeli soldiers on the International Wall on the Falls Road in Belfast, Northern Ireland, March 19, 2024. (Paul Ellis/AFP)
April 4, 2025, 4:27 pm
Antisemitism among Irish Christians at ‘Medieval’ levels, say researchers
New survey finds religious narratives play a ‘massive role’ in strong anti-Jewish and anti-Israel trends, with Catholics far less supportive of Israel than Protestants
By Zev Stub
Ireland's Prime Minister Simon Harris awaits the arrival of Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati at Government Buildings, Tithe an Rialtais, in Dublin, on October 25, 2024. (Paul Faith / AFP)
December 27, 2024, 1:27 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 27: Day 448 – Irish stew over Israeli embassy closure. What’s next?
Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman dives deep into the roots of apparent Irish animus against the Jewish state and harkens to the mandate period when ideologies were more aligned
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman
Pedestrians walk past a mural depicting dark and shadowy Israeli soldiers on the International Wall on the Falls Road in Belfast, Northern Ireland, March 19, 2024. (Paul Ellis/AFP)
November 23, 2024, 6:22 pm
Amid anti-Israel hostility, Irish Jews say antisemitism is now rooted in public schools
As already critical atmosphere intensifies since the Oct. 7 massacre, new report reveals unwelcoming classrooms and skewed lessons on Jews that the government is slow to address
By Deborah Danan
The inauguration ceremony of Rabbi Yoni Wieder as chief rabbi of Ireland was held at the Dublin Hebrew Synagogue, May 21, 2024. (Ros Kavanagh/ Courtesy Office of the Chief Rabbi of Ireland via JTA)
September 2, 2024, 6:49 am
At 28, Ireland’s new chief rabbi is leading an aging population in a time of turmoil
As the first to hold the position since 2008, Rabbi Yoni Wieder faces challenges on multiple fronts, integrating new and old community members amid unprecedented anti-Israel bias
By Shira Li Bartov
Illustrative: A mohel arranges tools for a circumcision ceremony. (Getty Images via JTA)
August 2, 2024, 11:41 am
London rabbi held in Ireland for alleged unlicensed circumcision
Prosecution of Jonathan Abraham, a certified mohel according to his lawyer, prompts claims that the move is excessive and motivated by antisemitism
By Canaan Lidor
Members of the Ireland women's basketball team pictured before they faced Israel in EuroBasket qualifying, February 8, 2024 (X screengrab, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the copyright law)
February 9, 2024, 2:35 pm
Irish basketball team refuses to shake hands with Israelis, proceeds to lose by 30
Basketball Ireland backed national women’s team forgoing pleasantries after Israeli player called them antisemitic; Israel captain: It was a lot more than a win, it became personal
By AP and ToI Staff
Nir Zohar, president and chief operating officer at Wix.com, in his Tel Aviv office; Nov. 29, 2017. (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)
October 26, 2023, 12:15 am
Irish Wix employee fired for inflammatory posts about Israel-Hamas war
Tech company’s CEO Nir Zohar says it is ‘unfathomable’ for Israeli employees to be called terrorists by teammate at work
By ToI Staff
Louis Feutren during World War II. (Courtesy)
October 4, 2023, 1:02 am
Dublin school urged to apologize for French ex-Nazi teacher who abused students
Campaigner against St. Conleth’s College, which employed Louis Feutren for decades before he died in 2009, says his old teacher ‘was boastful, unrepentant and proud’ of Nazi past
By AFP
Illustrative: A RyanAir Boeing 737 plane. (Courtesy)
June 16, 2023, 10:42 am
‘Landing in Palestine’: Uproar erupts on Ryanair flight to Tel Aviv
Despite complaints from passengers, stewardess repeatedly says final destination of flight is ‘occupied Palestine’; airline calls incident an ‘innocent mistake’
By ToI Staff
Fireworks thrown by rioters explode on police vehicles in Belfast, April 8, 2021. (Paul Faith/AFP/Getty Images via JTA)
April 17, 2021, 10:55 am
As in 1970s, Northern Ireland’s Jews look to weather violence in Belfast
Feuding protesters are split into British loyalists and those who want a united Ireland; decades back, unrest eventually reached the Jewish community
By Olivia Fletcher
Dublin Mayor Micheal Mac Donncha speaks in a conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah, April 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
May 14, 2018, 11:58 pm
Dublin mayor calls for Irish boycott of 2019 Eurovision in Israel
Micheal Mac Donncha, a long-time vocal supporter of boycotting the Jewish state, says his country should show solidarity with Palestinians
By ToI Staff
Demonstrators in Dublin protest Israeli military operations in Gaza in early 2009. (CC BY/albertw via Flickr.com)
April 12, 2018, 6:33 pm
Israel slams Ireland over Dublin mayor’s Ramallah trip
Foreign Ministry summons Irish envoy after capital’s city council endorses boycott and mayor seems to endorse Palestinian mufti who met Hitler
By Raphael Ahren
Illustrative: People stand in line to go through passport control at Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel, September 21, 2008. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
April 11, 2018, 2:37 am
Israel tries to bar Dublin mayor, but fails because it spells his name wrong
Immigration officers were told to prevent Mícheál Mac Donncha from entering Israel en route to Ramallah after Irish capital passed two anti-Israel resolutions; too late, he tweets
By ToI Staff and Raphael Ahren
The Palestinian flag flies over Dublin's City Hall on May 9, 2017 following a vote by the city council. (Michael Riordan/Times of Israel)
April 10, 2018, 11:41 pm
Dublin council calls to expel Israeli ambassador, endorse BDS
In retaliation, Israel’s interior minister instructs immigration officers to prevent mayor from entering Israel en route to pro-Palestinian conference in Ramallah
By Raphael Ahren
Clockwise, from left: Hubert Butler with daughter Julia in 1960; two couples Butler helped save from the Nazis. (Courtesy)
August 25, 2017, 4:18 pm
When Ireland rejected Jewish orphans fleeing Nazis, this man saved dozens
A new film chronicling Irish anti-Semitism stars one WWII hero, essayist Hubert Butler, who was ostracized for speaking against the Catholic church
By Robert Philpot
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