Irish Jewish Museum

The Irish Jewish Museum is a small museum in Dublin dedicated to the history of the Irish Jewish community.

Related Topics:
Dublin - Jewish

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The museum was opened in June 1985 by Chaim Herzog who was then president of Israel and was born in Ireland. The museum is in a former Synagogue built in 1917 in two adjoining terraced houses, the surrounding area, known as Portobello, was previously a Jewish area, however, the large scale emmigration that affected Ireland in the 1950s had a particularly strong affect on the Jewish population; there was also a migration to the suburbs and Dublin's main synagogue is now in Terenure. The synagogue is preserved, there are also artifacts on display and the museum houses geneological records.

Related Topics:
Chaim Herzog - Israel - Ireland - Synagogue - Portobello - Terenure

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In 2005 the museum was sprayed a number of time with anti-semitic slogans and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dermot Ahern, visited the museum to show his sympathy and to express his hope that the attacks were the responsibility of a very small group of people who would soon be brought to justice.

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