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The Irish Jewish Museum is a small museum in Dublin dedicated to the history of the Irish Jewish community. Dublin (Irish: Baile Ãtha Cliath),is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin region. ...
The word Jew (Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity; and often a combination of these attributes. ...
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. Chaim Herzog (×—×™×™× ×”×¨×¦×•×’)‎ (September 17, 1918 - April 17, 1997) served as the sixth President of Israel (1983 - 1993), following a distinguished career in both the British Army and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). ...
A synagogue or synagog (from Greek συναγωγη, transliterated sunagoge, place of assembly literally meeting, assembly) is a Jewish house of prayer and study. ...
In Dublin, Portobello refers to a bridge across the Grand Canal at Rathmines and South Richmond Street, near the South Circular Road, and to the surrounding area. ...
Terenure (Tír an Iúir in Irish: Land of the Yew Trees) is a residential suburb of Dublin, Ireland. ...
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. Dermot Ahern (born February 1955) is a senior Irish politician. ...
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| Museums and Galleries in Ireland | | The Chester Beatty Library The Crawford Municipal Art Gallery The Downpatrick Railway Museum The Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery The Hunt Museum The Irish Museum of Modern Art The Irish Jewish Museum Kilmainham Jail The National Gallery of Ireland The National Museum of Ireland The National Print Museum of Ireland The Pearse Museum The State Heraldic Museum The Ulster Folk & Transport Museum The Ulster Museum The Chester Beatty Library was established in Dublin, Ireland in 1950, to house the remarkable collections of mining magnate, Sir Alfred Chester Beatty. ...
The Crawford Municipal Art Gallery is a public art gallery in Cork city. ...
The Downpatrick & Co Down Railway is a heritage railway in County Down, Northern Ireland. ...
The Hugh Lane : Dublin City Gallery is an art gallery funded by Dublin City Council and located in Charlemont House in Dublin city in Ireland. ...
The Hunt Museum is a museum in the city of Limerick, Ireland. ...
The Irish Museum of Modern Art, also known as the IMMA, opened in May 1991 and is Irelands leading national institution exhibiting and collecting modern and contemporary art. ...
Kilmainham Jail, also known as Kilmainham Gaol, is a prison located in Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland. ...
The National Gallery of Ireland houses the Irish national collection of Irish and European art. ...
The National Museum of Ireland (NMI) is the main museum in Ireland. ...
The National Print Museum of Ireland is based in a soldiers chapel in the Beggars Bush area of Dublin, Republic of Ireland. ...
The Pearse Museum is dedicated to the memory of Patrick Pearse, educationalist and nationalist who was executed for his part in the 1916 Rising. ...
The State Heraldic Museum in Kildare St. ...
The Ulster Folk & Transport Museum is situated about 6 miles East of the City of Belfast. ...
The Ulster Museum is located in the Botanical Gardens in Belfast and has around 8,000 square metres of public display space, featuring material from the collections of Fine and Applied Art, Archaeology, Ethnography, Treasures from the Armada, Local History, Numismatics, Industrial Archaeology, Botany, Zoology and Geology. ...
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