Jewish Representative Council of Ireland
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UAE ambassador takes part in ‘extraordinary’ Chanukah ceremony
- Religion & Beliefs
- December 17, 2020, 22:47
History was made in Dublin on Thursday night when Ambassador Sultan Al Ali of the United Arab Emirates took part in this year’s final Chanukah ceremon(...)

Jewish council to write to TDs on how to spot anti-Semitism
- Religion & Beliefs
- February 24, 2020, 03:01
The Jewish Representative Council of Ireland plans to write to every member of the new Dáil and Seanad to highlight the risk of anti-Semitism in publi(...)

Details of proposed church-state covenant expected at dialogue meeting
- Religion & Beliefs
- July 3, 2019, 19:34
Religious leaders are expected to ask Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to elaborate on Thursday on what he meant when calling for a new covenant between church (...)

Dublin synagogue defaced with swastika graffiti
- Crime & Law
- January 3, 2019, 15:18
Garda are investigating the vandalism of a south Dublin synagogue after a swastika symbol was painted on an outer wall last week. The incident occur(...)

Invitation to Mass a ‘silly mistake’, says National Maternity Hospital
- Social Affairs
- December 23, 2018, 11:04
The National Maternity Hospital has issued invitations to a Catholic Mass to mark the inauguration of its new Master, Prof Shane Higgins, on January 1(...)

I’m not anti-Semitic, Lord Mayor of Dublin says after Palestine trip
- Irish News
- April 13, 2018, 13:14
The Lord Mayor of Dublin has denied being anti-Semitic after he was criticised by the Irish Jewish community and Israel’s prime minister for attending(...)

Census figures for Ireland’s Jewish population in 2016 not what they seem
- Religion & Beliefs
- November 14, 2017, 13:59
Census figures that showed Ireland was experiencing the fastest growing Jewish population in the world were not what they seem, according to Maurice C(...)

Colum Kenny: Accusations of anti-Semitism cover a multitude
- Opinion
- August 4, 2017, 00:50
The Irish patriot Michael Davitt wrote: “Where anti-Semitism stands, in fair political combat, in opposition to the foes of nationality . . . or as th(...)

Jewish stereotype in Kevin Myers’s apology adds insult to injury
- Opinion
- August 3, 2017, 00:42
You wouldn’t know that I’m Jewish unless I told you. You wouldn’t know it by my name, by my nose or by my salary. I don’t pray, but I do celebrate. I (...)

‘Sunday Times’ conducts inquiry into Kevin Myers column
- Irish News
- August 2, 2017, 05:00
A review by the Sunday Times in London as to how the controversial column by journalist Kevin Myers came to be published is expected to be completed l(...)