Fascinating collection of letters responding to an article about antisemitism in Ireland.
Excerpt from the first one, here:
"Rachel Moiselle’s painful lament (‘Listen to #Irish #Jews when we tell you we are being betrayed’, December 28) evoked the deep sense of belonging that Irish Jews have always felt towards #Ireland.
She cites an emotive reflection by #RobertBriscoe’s granddaughter, Vivienne, on his deep patriotism and contribution to Irish freedom and ponders how he would consider the position his contemporary co-religionists find themselves in today as their very #Irishness is openly challenged.
Sadly, however, as the biographer of Briscoe (Robert Briscoe: #SinnFéin Revolutionary, #FiannaFáil Nationalist and Revisionist Zionist, 2016), I would argue that from his first days in the revolutionary movement to the end of his long political career, he was aware that to be #Jewish was to have one’s loyalty constantly questioned."
