They interviewed them on Morning Ireland. They were happy with the Garda presence. World has gone mad at the moment for everyone.
fedupofbrick on
Jews in area with the most jews in the country gather to celebrate a Jewish holiday and “Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan attended on behalf of the Government” aka TD in his constituency attends event in his constituency. I’d recommend Deli 613 in Rathmines for great sandwiches
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Delighted to see Jim O’Callaghan was there, and brave in the face of the current hysteria. Shame on FG for sending no-one.
Due_Bus749 on
Hanukkah shona dhaoibh
Robotobot on
Glad they got to have it and hope they had a good time. Judaism doesn’t automatically mean being zionist ot supporting Israel and I really can’t stand when people treat them as being the same thing. The Irish Jewish community have made massive, disproportionate contributions to Ireland despite their small size. But I’m still going to call out Israeli genocide, when push comes to shove.
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You know, sometimes it feels like there are a bunch of aliens on this sub who’ve yet to learn how to be normal humans because a normal human should know how to compartmentalise things, like knowing that there’s a space to talk about Hanukkah in Dublin, and there are others spaces to talk about other things.
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EnvironmentalShift25 on
Let’s see if this thread gets locked like the other ones recently. Some people just can’t be normal about Jews existing in Ireland.
MountMisery1952 on
Happy Hanukkah to Ireland’s Jewish community.
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Happy Hanukkah to everyone in attendance! Looks like a gorgeous event.
It’s been a complicated few years for Jewish people, with lots of different ideologies and nations vying to make the religion synonymous with them, to claim the star of David and the rabbi and the synagogue as theirs. We’ve all seen people in Ireland try to claim our tricolour in similar ways, try to take our symbols and our history and turn it into something divisive. We all know how intimidating and upsetting it is to see symbols we love reappropriated like that.
Celebrations like these, where communities come together, where people just get to share in the joy of being people, are so, so important during such turbulent times.
Rinasoir on
Chag Sameach a chara
PoppedCork on
Have they regularly used the park for these celebrations?
kissum on
I was there! For those that don’t realize, Herzog Park is in the middle of the biggest Jewish community in Ireland. It’s by the Jewish school. It’s walking distance from both Jewish synagogues. It’s walking distance from the kosher grocery store, the only kosher restaurant in all of Ireland, and the chabad (those 3 are the same building to be fair).
It was a really lovely event, we lit candles and ate donuts. Kids ran around with glowsticks and sticky fingers. It was nice to gather and spread light and happiness. Great craic.
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Have a good Hanukkah lads. Mazel all the tovs and one for me too 🕎
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They interviewed them on Morning Ireland. They were happy with the Garda presence. World has gone mad at the moment for everyone.
Jews in area with the most jews in the country gather to celebrate a Jewish holiday and “Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan attended on behalf of the Government” aka TD in his constituency attends event in his constituency. I’d recommend Deli 613 in Rathmines for great sandwiches
Delighted to see Jim O’Callaghan was there, and brave in the face of the current hysteria. Shame on FG for sending no-one.
Hanukkah shona dhaoibh
Glad they got to have it and hope they had a good time. Judaism doesn’t automatically mean being zionist ot supporting Israel and I really can’t stand when people treat them as being the same thing. The Irish Jewish community have made massive, disproportionate contributions to Ireland despite their small size. But I’m still going to call out Israeli genocide, when push comes to shove.
You know, sometimes it feels like there are a bunch of aliens on this sub who’ve yet to learn how to be normal humans because a normal human should know how to compartmentalise things, like knowing that there’s a space to talk about Hanukkah in Dublin, and there are others spaces to talk about other things.
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Let’s see if this thread gets locked like the other ones recently. Some people just can’t be normal about Jews existing in Ireland.
Happy Hanukkah to Ireland’s Jewish community.
Happy Hanukkah to everyone in attendance! Looks like a gorgeous event.
It’s been a complicated few years for Jewish people, with lots of different ideologies and nations vying to make the religion synonymous with them, to claim the star of David and the rabbi and the synagogue as theirs. We’ve all seen people in Ireland try to claim our tricolour in similar ways, try to take our symbols and our history and turn it into something divisive. We all know how intimidating and upsetting it is to see symbols we love reappropriated like that.
Celebrations like these, where communities come together, where people just get to share in the joy of being people, are so, so important during such turbulent times.
Chag Sameach a chara
Have they regularly used the park for these celebrations?
I was there! For those that don’t realize, Herzog Park is in the middle of the biggest Jewish community in Ireland. It’s by the Jewish school. It’s walking distance from both Jewish synagogues. It’s walking distance from the kosher grocery store, the only kosher restaurant in all of Ireland, and the chabad (those 3 are the same building to be fair).
It was a really lovely event, we lit candles and ate donuts. Kids ran around with glowsticks and sticky fingers. It was nice to gather and spread light and happiness. Great craic.
Have a good Hanukkah lads. Mazel all the tovs and one for me too 🕎
A great bunch of lads.
Happy Hanukkah guys