Irish Jewish Museum Dublin
This small museum provides a host of information on the history of the Jewish community in Ireland. It houses a large range of exhibits that provide a keen insight into the life of Irish Jews.
The museum is situated in Walworth Street near Dublin's South Circular Road. This area was once home to a sizeable Jewish population, and the old Walworth Road Synagogue that served their religious needs has been preserved within the upper floor of the museum.
You can find more information about the museum on the Irish Jewish website,
Irish Jewish Museum @ Dublin
Irish Jewish Museum @ Dublin
An Irish Jewish Rosh Hashanah
A look at how the minority Irish-Jewish community celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year.
Irish Jewish Museum Fund Raising Campaign - May 2012
The Irish Jewish Museum - a remarkable cultural heritage worth preserving.
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Carl Nelkin sings at the Irish Jewish Museum, Dublin
Carl Nelkin sings at the Irish Jewish Museum, Dublin
Jewish Walking Tour of Dublin
Ninety-five percent of the population of Ireland is Catholic, five percent is Protestant; I am Chief Rabbi of the rest - I. Jakobovitz, chief rabbi of Ireland, 1948-59.
A one of a kind tour of Jewish history in Dublin. The Jewish community in Dublin was once a vibrant part of the city's multicultural patchwork, centered in the south-west of the inner city, in 'Little Jerusalem', with prominent members of the community involved in business, politics and rebellion. Join an intimate tour of the incredible hidden history of the Irish-Jews.
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Irish Fairy (Remember the Oscar Wilde)
2019 BloomsDay Lecture at Irish Jewish Museum (Part 2 of 2).
For many years the Irish Jewish Museum has invited distinguished speakers to deliver an annual lecture on the occasion of BloomsDay, 16June. In 2019 the guest speaker was Dr. Anne Marie D'Arcy, Associate Professor in Medieval and Renaissance Language and Literature at the University of Leicester, UK. She describes herself as having an unhealthy interest in James Joyce. The theme of her talk was The Shadow of Kishinev in Ulysses. It deals with a notorious pogrom, which targeted the Jewish population in what is now the capital of Moldova.
In this the second of two parts of the lecture, Dr. D'Arcy transport the narrative from Ireland to Palestine. There the reader encounters the term Agendath Nataim ...Bloom is on his way home from a non-kosher Jewish butcher in whose shop he has bought pork kidneys for his breakfast while picking up a loose page from a stack of papers on the counter used to wrap meat in. The page comes from an illustrated Zionist advertising prospectus, and Bloom “walked back along Dorset Street, reading gravely. Agendath Netaim: planters’ company.” Though Ulysses was completed 35 years before the founding of the modern state of Israel, it is clear Joyce, and by extension Bloom, were familiar wit Zionism, and Jewish aspirations to reclaim their lost homeland.
Agendath Netaim would appear to be a garbled version of Agudath Netaim, a large capitalist enterprise, which was funded by issuing stock. In this portion of Ulysses, Joyce through Bloom's interest in Jewish homeland, would appear to draw parallels with the desire for Irish devolution, or autonomy, which was still several years away from being realised, when Joyce was writing the novel.
In the concluding section of her lecture, Dr. D'Arcy returns to Davitt, Fr. Creagh and the Blood Libel myths. She focuses on the (medieval) origins of these prejudices and demolishes the foundations of each and every one. Dr. D'Arcy concludes her lecture by highlighting the virulent antisemitism of Oliver St.John Gogarty, a friend and contemporary of Joyce. Gogarty is represented by Fr. Malachi O'Flynn in Ulysses.
Note: Some of the share certificates referred to in Dr. D'Arcy's talk may be viewed at the Irish Jewish Museum in Dublin.
Alan Shatter discusses Life is a Funny Business at Irish Jewish Museum.
Since his enforced sabbatical from Irish national politics, following #GeneralElection2016, Alan Shatter has had time to reflect on his more than 35 years in public life. On reflection he has concluded that Life is a Funny Business. This is also the title of an autobiographical work has recently been published by Poolbeg Press (
In the book Alan revisits his early life experiences and investigates how they formed him as an adult. It has been described as Irish life depicted through the lens of an Irish Jewish boy growing up in 1950s and 60s Dublin, and his insights as a member of Ireland’s tiny Jewish community.
The narrative traverse 1950s, 60s and 70s Ireland taking in his early years of social and political activism. It concludes soon after Christmas 1981, six months following his first election to Dáil Éireann at the tender age of 30yo.
He joined an enthusiatic and supportive audience at the Irish Jewish Museum, where he read passages that gave a flavour of the work itself. Alan enthralled and shocked the gathering as he recounted memories of growing up Jew...ish, to reacting to being called a a dirty Jew by a fellow school pupil. He shared details of an IRA bomb threat during a State dinner for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Dublin Castle. He raised laughter when recounting a case from his legal career as a family lawyer when seeking an annulment of a marriage on the grounds of unnatural practices and how this event took on a surreal dimension when his gusset ripped DURING court proceedings.
Like all great performers left the audience eager for more when closing this session by recalling a constituent who made representations demanding we need more PSYCHOPATHS, and I hear you're just the man to get them for us.
For an encore, Alan conducted a Question and Answer session. This is available as a separate video recording (
Being a Jew in Ireland
Being a Jew in Ireland is a documentary about the little Irish Jewish Community, from Dublin. Interview of the Chief Rabbi of Ireland.
Directed by Maxime Allouche.
Sound recorder Marie Amsallem
NMC College Dublin
Sony Nex VG 20
Ilene's Irish Jewish Tradition-al Story In a Pub In Ireland
Created on September 2, 2010 using FlipShare.
Terenure Synagogue
Terenure Synagogue was built in 1953. The five windows in the front are shaped like the Star of David. The Star of David is a symbol of the Jewish religion and is part of the flag of Israel.
This video is designed as a resource for primary and post-primary students up to Junior Certificate.
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Stuart Rosenblatt talks Irish Jews and 1916.
Stuart Rosenblatt, currently President of the Genealogical Society 0f Ireland, is widely acknowledged a being the go-to man for all information about the Jewish roots in Ireland.
In a painstaking labour of love, involving research over a 25 year period, Stuart has compiled a database of over 50,000+ records of all Jewish citizens over Ireland, stretching back over 5 centuries. He has compiled this information into 18 volumes, only 6 copies of the full edition having ever been printed. Stuart has donated these copies to civic libraries in Dublin and Belfast, together with making copies available for researchers at Ireland's National Library and Archives, respectively.
Stuart joined CouncilMatters on Dublin City-fm ( for a special St Patrick's Day edition of the show. He shared with presenter Mick Martin details of the Jewish communities that existed in Ireland, confirmed and dispelled some of the myths regarding how Jews came to settle in Ireland in the 19th century, where the burial grounds are and information regarding some of the prominent identities that emerged from these communities.
It being the centenary of the 1916 Uprising, the dynamic duo pay tribute to the members of the Jewish Community who contributed to the Struggle for Irish Independence.
RTÉ- An Chaisc: An Irish Passover (29/3/15)
Rabbi Zalman Lent and other members of Dublin's Jewish community explore what it means to be part of their religion in Ireland, and share a glimpse in to their lives at Passover.
The Jews of Ireland: Present and Past (pt. 1)
Speaker: Rory Miller
Date: July 16, 2008
The Jews of Ireland: Present and Past
This briefing examines the main trends and developments within the small, but historically vibrant, Jewish community of Ireland. In particular, it will look at the implications for this community, and how it has responded, to three major developments in Ireland over the last decade -- the rise of the Celtic Tiger economy; the highly organized anti-Zionist and anti-Israel movement that has attempted to demonize Israel and by association Irish Jews; the rise of a Muslim community that has now replaced Irish Jewry as the major non-Christian minority in the country.
Dr. Rory Miller was born in Dublin in 1971. He has a BA in history from Trinity College, Dublin, an MA in war studies and a Ph.D. in Mediterranean studies from King's College, University of London. He is a senior lecturer in the Mediterranean Studies program there, and teaches on US and EU involvement in the Middle East and the wider Mediterranean. He has published two books: Divided Against Zion: Anti-Zionist Opposition to a Jewish State in Palestine, 1945-48 and Ireland and the Palestine Question, 1948-2004. He is also the associate editor of Israel Affairs.
The Jews of Ireland: Present and Past (pt. 2)
Speaker: Rory Miller
Date: July 16, 2008
The Jews of Ireland: Present and Past
This briefing examines the main trends and developments within the small, but historically vibrant, Jewish community of Ireland. In particular, it will look at the implications for this community, and how it has responded, to three major developments in Ireland over the last decade -- the rise of the Celtic Tiger economy; the highly organized anti-Zionist and anti-Israel movement that has attempted to demonize Israel and by association Irish Jews; the rise of a Muslim community that has now replaced Irish Jewry as the major non-Christian minority in the country.
Dr. Rory Miller was born in Dublin in 1971. He has a BA in history from Trinity College, Dublin, an MA in war studies and a Ph.D. in Mediterranean studies from King's College, University of London. He is a senior lecturer in the Mediterranean Studies program there, and teaches on US and EU involvement in the Middle East and the wider Mediterranean. He has published two books: Divided Against Zion: Anti-Zionist Opposition to a Jewish State in Palestine, 1945-48 and Ireland and the Palestine Question, 1948-2004. He is also the associate editor of Israel Affairs.
The Jewish World: Ireland
Ireland and Israel: much more connected that you would have expected. Find out why and how.
How Ireland almost became Israel - Part 1 of 2.
Mentioning Cromwell and Ireland in the same sentence often makes Irish people wince and grimace and horror, but the opposit holds for British Jew... not that the Jews of England supported or even knew of the massacres perpetrated in the name of Puritanism, in Ireland.
In 1656, Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, failed to resolve the English Jewish question: should Jews be admitted to England as full citizens? Instead In 1656, political theorist James Harrington made a startling proposal to him - lease Ireland in perpetuity to the Jews, having removed the Anglo‐Irish landlords.
In the first of a two parter, Katherine Stafford, in a talk at Dublin's Jewish Museum, teases out the background to Harringtons unorthodox proposition.
Alan Shatter answers questions on Life is a Funny Business at Irish Jewish Museum.
Afrer reading extracts from Life is a Funny Business, an autobiographical work has recently been published by Poolbeg Press ( former Justice Minister Alan Shatter agreed to QnA session with the audience. After sharing details of the writing process with a questioner, returned the subject of the historic State visit of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to Dublin in 2011. He again raised laughter when recounting a witty remark from the Monarch for the umpteenth time in his dual capacity as Ministers for Justice and Defence. He shared details of a republican protest with black balloons that did not quite go to plan. He shared details of a visit to the (then) USSR as part of a delegation in support of Soviet Jewry and raised a chuckle when describing the rigidity of state bureaucracy. In this session Alan didn't shirk controversy and referenced experiences of antisemitism during his career in Irish politics. He concluded by offering some candid and informed insights into how the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict is perceived at Government level in Ireland. A young 66yo, a political comeback canot be ruled out for Alan Shatter, a man who has given the (Irish) state some service.