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Irish Jews
Illustrative: Screen capture from a documentary video about Jews in Ireland. (YouTube/maximeallouchevideos)
October 15, 2017, 8:24 pm
Ireland’s Jewish population rose by nearly 29% in 5 years
Increase to 2,557 believed to be due in part to new employees arriving to join the hi-tech sector
By JTA
Irish journalist Kevin Myers appears in an interview on Ireland's RTE One on September 14, 2014. (screen capture: YouTube)
August 5, 2017, 2:16 am
Irish writer says he deserved to be fired for anti-Semitic column
Kevin Myers was let go from Sunday Times for article that was slammed as misogynistic and played on anti-Jewish stereotypes
By JTA
The Palestinian flag flies over Dublin's City Hall for first time ever May 9, 2017 following a vote by the city council. (Michael Riordan/Times of Israel)
May 9, 2017, 4:50 pm
Palestinian flag flies over Dublin City Hall
Ignoring pleas from Israeli ambassador, local leaders in Ireland’s capital vote to raise banner in protest of 50 years since Israel captured the West Bank
By Michael Riordan
Attendees at this past weekend's anti-Israel conference at University College Cork, in Ireland, which ran from March 21 - April 2, 2017. (Courtesy)
April 6, 2017, 12:44 pm
Critics claim Irish confab on Israel’s right to exist uncorks anti-Semitism
Event, previously planned for Southampton University in the UK, was rescheduled after massive protests and allegations of one-sided bigotry
By Michael Riordan
Members of the Maynooth University Israel Society, Sonia Tagamlitsky, Louiza Vasiliu, Enya Harrison and Sara Epstein. (Michael Riordan/Times of Israel)
March 26, 2017, 5:12 pm
Non-Jewish Irish students give Israel Peace Week a chance
The leadership of Maynooth University’s Israel Society believes that if an agreement can be reached in Ireland, it can be reached anywhere
By Michael Riordan
Celebrating Purim in a Dublin pub are Israelis (from left) Elad Michaely, Itamar Sinai, Michael Dulberg, Arik Warshager, Mattan Lass and Oren Shpigel. Sinai and Warshager have lived in Ireland for 17 and 14 years, respectively, and give advice to the newcomers. (Michael Riordan/Times of Israel)
March 17, 2017, 12:24 pm
Will the next generation of Irish Jews have a touch of Hebrew to their brogue?
For the first time in generations, the Emerald Isle’s Jewish community is growing — with Israelis seeking greener pastures
By Michael Riordan
Students from St Angela’s School, Ursuline Convent view 'Representations of Jews in Irish Literature' exhibition at Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford, Ireland, February 2017 (Jennifer Bolger/WIT)
March 15, 2017, 3:08 pm
Dracula the ‘Wandering Jew,’ and other unknown facets of Irish lit in NY-bound exhibition
From the Middle Ages and the Annals of Innisfallen to Leopold Bloom, Jews are a surprisingly constant presence in a millennium of Irish writing
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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