Tomi Reichental
Tomi Reichental: “What is happening in Syria is because of civil war and what happened to the Jewish people was very specific. But the end product – people trying to escape – is the same thing.” Photograph: Cyril Byrne
‘Sometimes I say that this is worse than with the Holocaust’

“There are not many Holocaust survivors celebrating their birthday in a mosque,” says Tomi Reichental, proudly. Sure enough, Condemned to Remember – (...)

Tomi Reichental: Holocaust survivor at his home in Dublin. Photograph: Cyril Byrne
Condemned to Remember: The startling humanity of a Holocaust survivor

We sometimes throw the word “inspirational” around a little too glibly. But there are few more inspirational people in Ireland than the indomitable Ho(...)

“Not only is there a crack in everything, but in some Irish things, there’s a crack in the crack – or in this case, in the theory about the crack.” Photograph: Alan Betson
Light-bulb moments – An Irishman’s Diary about Leonard Cohen, Ludwig Hopf, and Newgrange

The ghost of Leonard Cohen was among the attendance at an event in Dublin’s Mount Jerome cemetery earlier this week. It was the now-annual commemorat(...)

Imam Ali Selim of the Clonskeagh mosque said imam al-Qadri had spoken with imam Halawa from the mosque about the date of Eid some time ago. File photograph: Bryan O’Brien
Row breaks out among Muslims over end date of Ramadan

A row has broken out among Muslims in Ireland over when Eid, the feast which marks the end of the fasting month Ramadan, should take place this year. (...)

Shaykh Dr Umar Al-Qadri invited members of the Irish LGBT community to the Irish Muslim Peace & Integration Council’s community Iftar. File photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times
Muslim leader criticised over ‘insulting’ invite to gay people

A Muslim leader who has invited gay people to take part in a community meal at his mosque in west Dublin has drawn contrasting criticism from some Mus(...)

The Irish Muslim Peace & Integration Council will hold its second annual community Iftar in the Al-Mustafa Islamic Centre at Blanchardstown in west Dublin on Saturday next to which members of the LGBT community are invited. Photograph: Getty Images
LGBT people invited to Muslim community meal in Dublin

Members of Ireland’s gay community have been invited to take part in a Muslim community meal in Dublin next weekend as Ramadan comes to a conclusion. (...)

Shaykh Dr Muhammad Umar Al-Qadri founder of the Irish Muslim Peace and Integration Council.
Irish Muslim leaders unveil anti-extremism declaration

A Muslim anti-extremism declaration, drawn up to ensure that all visiting Islamic speakers to Ireland abide by norms of peaceful and respectful discus(...)

Students from Stratford College, Dublin; Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ, Limerick; Coláiste Dhúlaigh, Dublin; and Newtown School, Waterford, read out the Scroll of Names at the Holocaust Memorial Day. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times
Survivors speak at Holocaust Memorial Day in Dublin

Parallels can be drawn between European states’ failure to offer sanctuary to Jews during the Holocaust and the refugee crisis facing the continent to(...)

Shoah: Tomi Reichental at the coat dresser that he recovered from his childhood home in what was Czechoslovakia. Photograph: Cyril Byrne
Tomi Reichental: ‘We, as a human race, have to find ways to reconcile’

In the hall of Tomi Reichental’s Dublin home stands an old coat dresser, with a mirror, coat hooks and a little drawer for brushes, all painted with p(...)

Stuart Rosenblatt, president of the Genealogical Society of Ireland, and Lord Mayor of Dublin Críona Ní Dhálaigh with the genealogical lists at Dublin City Council’s Library and Archive on Pearse Street. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Archives of 53,000 Jews who lived in Ireland made available to the public

  Volumes containing the names of 53,000 Jewish people who have lived in Ireland have been opened to the public. The records of births(...)

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