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‘Perfect time’ to return to Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ on 120th Bloomsday

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Cultural pilgrims flock to Dublin annually on June 16 to celebrate the inside-baseball, literary “holiday” Bloomsday, which marks the single day upon which James Joyce’s 1922 novel Ulysses is set. “Hands up how many people have read...

Spain, Ireland, Slovenia to recognize Palestinian state

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Spain, Ireland and other European Union countries plan to recognize a Palestinian state on May 21, Brussels’ foreign-policy chief Josep Borrell confirmed on Thursday. He was speaking ahead of a U.N. General Assembly vote on Friday on a resolution...

Israel raps Irish PM for ‘forgetting’ Israeli hostages

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Israel’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday chastised Simon Harris, Ireland’s new prime minister (or, Taoiseach), who referred to the Gaza war in his inaugural address but failed—in the ministry’s words “forgot”—to mention the 133 Israeli...

Antisemitic protest block Dublin library, home to ‘Book of Kells’

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Anti-Israel protesters outside the Library of Trinity College Dublin, home to one of the most important manuscripts in the world, temporarily closed down the building as they called for the Irish university to boycott...
Robbie Keane during an Ireland-Austria match in 2013. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Irish MP blasts Robbie Keane’s move to Maccabi Tel Aviv

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An Irish politician from the extremist Sinn Féin party has criticized Robbie Keane for accepting a head coaching position with the Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer team. “Very very disappointing that Irish Football icon Robbie Keane...
Dublin Hebrew Congregation. Credit: Courtesy of Dublin Jewish community.

Ireland’s Jewish community is declining

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Of about 5.3 million Irish citizens, some 800 (.015%) are Jewish. Including Jewish expats in Ireland, that number rises to about 2,500. But however one runs the numbers, Jewish life in Ireland is disappearing. In...
Genealogist Stuart Rosenblatt. Credit: Courtesy.

‘Living encyclopedia’ Stuart Rosenblatt donates Irish-Jewish family records to National Library of Israel

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Genealogist Stuart Rosenblatt on Dec. 19 will donate his treasure trove of records on Irish-Jewish families, which spans centuries, to the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem. For decades, he has been the go-to...
The Irish flag flying over Dublin. Credit: David Renton/Shutterstock.

Ireland approves motion accusing Israel of ‘de facto annexation’ of West Bank

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The Irish government has endorsed a parliamentary motion condemning the “de facto annexation” of the West Bank by the Israeli government, becoming the first European Union country to do so. Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney...
The Irish Parliament or Oireachtas. Credit: Irish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

New Irish government rejects effort to boycott Israeli products

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The anti-Israel movement in Ireland has suffered a major defeat. Earlier this month, the political parties working on forming the next government in Ireland eliminated a key bill that would have placed a boycott...
Irish MP Reada Cronin. Credit: Sinn Fein via Flickr.

Newly elected Sinn Féin member apologizes for anti-Israel tweets

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A newly elected member of the Irish Parliament has apologized for past anti-Semitic tweets. “Some old tweets, most from before joining Sinn Féin and entering politics, have come to my attention,” said Sinn Féin MP...