Jewish families in Ireland for ‘six, seven, eight generations’ report heightened tension
Michael D Higgins receives the new Chief Rabbi of Ireland Yoni Wieder at Áras an Uachtaráin on Thursday. Photograph: MaxwellsChief Rabbi Yoni Wieder said on Sunday that Jewish families who had lived in Ireland for “six, seven, eight generations” had told him that never before had they felt such a “tension” or “their viewpoint as Jewish people so delegitimised”.
First Doireann Garrihy, now the 2 Johnnies and Jennifer Zamparelli: why are so many stars leaving 2FM?He emphasised that “we must be careful not to takes things out of proportion. We are so grateful that we are physically safe, that for the most part there has not been any physical violence against Jewish people as we have had in other countries in recent months. We are so grateful to this country that we are safe.
In his address outside the Dáil, Chief Rabbi Wieder said the climate in Ireland now was “one in which many members of the Jewish community here feel deeply isolated and hurt”. He recalled how he and other senior members of Ireland’s Jewish community met President Higgins at Áras an Uachtaráin last Thursday, “the day before he made these comments”.
“Judging from his comments, it seems that the only thing President Higgins took from our meeting is that there are many Irish Jews who are against preventing aid from getting in to Gaza. That is most certainly true. But why was that the only thing he could say on behalf of the Irish Jewish community?
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