Irish Jews - Prominent Irish Jews

Prominent Irish Jews

• Lenny Abrahamson Irish Film Director
• Leonard Abrahamson (1920s-1961), Gaelic scholar, who switched to medicine and became a professor, was born in Russia, grew up in Newry where he attended the local Christian Brothers school and lodged with the Nurock family in Dublin while studying at Trinity College, Dublin.
• William Annyas (Ãnes), Mayor of Youghal (1555) a Marrano merchant.
• Francis Annyas (Ãnes), Mayor of Youghal in 1569, 1576 and 1581, Youghal garrison commander and a spy for Francis Drake.
• Justice Henry Barron, Irish Supreme Court judge 1997-2003.
• Leopold Bloom, fictional protagonist of Ulysses.
• Louis Bookman (1890–1943), Irish international soccer and cricket player.
• Michael Noyk Irish Republican and solicitor during the Irish War of Independence.
• Robert Briscoe, member of the Irish Republican Army during the Anglo-Irish War and twice Lord Mayor of Dublin (1956 and 1961).
• Ben Briscoe (son of Robert Briscoe), former Fianna Fáil T.D. and Lord Mayor of Dublin (1988).
• Joe Briscoe(son of Robert Briscoe), member of the Jewish Representative Council (predating Israeli Embassy) and Commandant in the Irish Army
• Michelle Citron, feminist film, video and multimedia producer, scholar and author.
• Max Eager (son of George Eager), first Chief Rabbi of Ireland.
• Daniel Day-Lewis, actor.
• Maurice Freeman (1875–1951), Mayor of Johannesburg 1934/35.
• Gerald Goldberg, Lord Mayor of Cork in 1977.
• Rabbi Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, Chief Rabbi of Ireland from 1919 to 1937, later of Palestine and Israel.
• Chaim Herzog, sixth President of Israel and British World War II veteran. During and after his service in the British Army, he was also known as "Vivian Herzog" ("Vivian" being the English equivalent of the Hebrew name "Chaim".)
• Sir Otto Jaffe, Lord Mayor of Belfast (1899 and 1904).
• Immanuel Jakobovits, Chief Rabbi of Ireland between 1949 and 1958, later British Chief Rabbi.
• Harry Kernoff, Painter (1900–1974)
• Louis Lentin, director (documentary films, television, theatre).
• Ronit Lentin Head of Sociology, the director of the MPhil in Race, Ethnicity, Conflict, Department of Sociology and founder member of the Trinity Immigration Initiative, Trinity College, Dublin.
• June Levine, feminist, journalist and writer.
• Maurice Levitas (1917–2001) (born Dublin) was an anti-fascist who took part in the Battle of Cable Street and fought in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War. He is the father of Ruth Levitas.
• David Marcus (1924–2009), author, editor, broadcaster and lifelong supporter of Irish-language fiction.
• David Marcus, author and professor of Bible and ancient languages at The Jewish Theological Seminary.
• Max Nurock, Israeli Consul-General to Australia, subsequently Israel's first Ambassador to Australia.
• Yaakov Pearlman, Ireland's Chief Rabbi.
• Alan Shatter, Fine Gael TD for Dublin South and currently Minister for Justice and Equality and Minister for Defence.
• Bethal Solomons (1885–1965), medical Doctor, Master of the Rotunda, Irish Rugby International.
• Estella Solomons (1882–1968), landscape and portrait artist and member of Cumann na mBan.
• Stella Steyn (1907–1987), Dublin-born artist.
• Mervyn Taylor, former Labour Party T.D. and Minister for Equality and Law Reform.
• Abraham Weeks (or Abraham Wix) was the first person killed during 1916 Easter Rising A Jewish comrade who joined on Easter Monday and died in action He joined the Irish Citizen Army and assigned to the GPO.
• Gustav Wilhelm Wolff, founder of Harland and Wolff shipbuilders, MP for East Belfast for 18 years.
• District Judge Hubert Wine, family court judge and prominent member of Dublin's Jewish community