Irish Jewish Voice

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This is a bloody disgrace: The

@PresidentIRL

should never have been asked to make a speech at this Holocaust event organised by Holocaust Education Ireland and if he had any respect at all he would decline the invitation. Ireland’s Chief Rabbi Yoni Wieder added: “President Higgins has neglected even to acknowledge the scourge of contemporary antisemitism in Ireland, let alone do anything to address it. He has failed to take seriously the concerns put to him by representatives of the Jewish community, and back in May he described talk of antisemitism in Ireland as ‘a PR exercise’. With that attitude, I fear his address marking Holocaust Memorial Day will inevitably ring hollow for many Irish Jews.