Irish broadcaster calls Israel a ‘cancer’

Published on October 30, 2012

A popular Irish broadcaster and columnist said he is not anti-Semitic, after calling Israel "the cancer in foreign affairs" during a broadcast.

Joyce fans celebrate Bloomsday in Westwood

Published on June 19, 2012

More than 100 James Joyce enthusiasts, performance artists and Irish descendants gathered at Westwood’s Hammer Museum on June 16 to celebrate Bloomsday. Taken from the name of Leopold Bloom, the assimilated Jewish protagonist in Joyce’s monumental book, “Ulysses,” the event celebrates the life of the Irish writer and relives the events of the day the tale is set: June 16, 1904.

Police look into anti-Semitic bullying incident in Northern Ireland

Published on April 27, 2012

Police in Northern Ireland are investigating claims of anti-Semitic bullying of a boy with Asperger syndrome.

Flotilla delayed until next week

Published on July 1, 2011

Activists have delayed a protest flotilla to the Gaza Strip until next week.

An Irish view of Gaza

Published on June 28, 2011

What is it about Israel that prompts such a widespread departure from common sense, reason and moral reality? As another insane flotilla prepares to butt across the Mediterranean bringing “aid” to the “beleaguered” people of Gaza, in its midst traveling the Irish MV Saoirse, does it never occur to all the hysterical anti-Israeli activists in Ireland that this is like worrying about the steaks being burnt on the barbecue, as a forest fire sweeps toward your back garden?

A fifth of Irish would bar Israelis from becoming citizens

Published on May 27, 2011

More than one in five Irish people would bar Israelis from becoming naturalized Irish citizens, according to new research into ethnic and religious attitudes in Ireland. The book-length study, “Pluralism and Diversity in Ireland,” found that 22.2% of Irish people would exclude Israelis from Irish citizenship, while 11.5% would deny it to all Jews.

Irish pro-Palestinian group petitions OECD

Published on May 5, 2011

An Irish activist group has lodged a formal complaint accusing Ireland's largest company of "complicity" in what it said were violations of international law in Israel. The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign, which filed the complaint with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, has asked the OECD to investigate building materials firm CRH for providing cement and equipment for the construction of what it calls the "illegal" separation barrier, settlements and checkpoints.

Everyone is Suddenly Irish on March 17th!

By Julia Bendis
Published on March 18, 2011

Irish activists preparing Gaza-bound flotilla

Published on February 2, 2011

Several Irish politicians and adventure travel writer Dervla Murphy will join a group of Irish anti-Israel activists on a boat bound for Gaza next month. The group, which is expected to sail for the Palestinian territory from an undisclosed Mediterranean port on March 30, will be led by two protesters who took part in the Gaza-bound flotilla that was intercepted by Israeli commandos last May, leading to the death of nine Turkish activists aboard the Mavi Marmara.

Faith ‘n’ begorra, Irish film fest has a Jewish accent

By Tom Tugend
Published on September 24, 2008

Not to worry, though, there is, as always, a Jewish angle. In this case, it's two films, "Shalom Ireland" and "Grandpa . . . Speak Russian to Me," set for Saturday evening, Oct. 4.

Kaddish for Carlin

By Rob Eshman
Published on June 26, 2008

Everybody keeps asking me whether George Carlin was Jewish. "I heard he was related to the Karlin-Stoliner rebbe," a colleague said.

‘Emerald Isle’ beckons Jews

By Peter Rothholz
Published on January 31, 2008

There is a saying that in Ireland there are no strangers, only friends you haven't met yet.

On our visit we experienced a tangible expression of this in Kenmare, where perfect strangers went out of their way to help us get our laundry done and then volunteered to drive us back to our hotel when we couldn't find a taxi.

Better late than never, Theodor Herzl, children reunited in death; Ex-N.J. Governor McGreevey’s Isra

Published on September 28, 2006

Briefs courtesy Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

A Boy and His Golem

By Tom Tugend
Published on August 9, 2001

"Snow in August" is an offbeat TV movie, part gritty reality and part fantasy, at the center of which is the curious friendship between an Irish Catholic altar boy and a refugee rabbi in post-World War II Brooklyn.

The Wearing Down of the Green

By Charles Marowitz
Published on November 12, 1998

It is hard to believe that "The Cripple of Inishman" was written only a few years ago by a contemporary Irish playwright, Martin McDonough. The play, which has just opened the Geffen's new season looks, feels and sounds like something Lennox Robinson or Lady Gregory might have dashed off for the Abbey Theater in the early part of the century. It not only is rooted in rustic, begorah Irish culture but reveals all the makeshift qualities of play-construction that we associate with that earlier, more primitive period.