Both writers indicate real differences in culture and social trajectory between the English, Irish and Jewish populations in Britain but their comments are underpinned by the familiar moralism of the Victorian propertied classes.

In the recess on one side of the steward’s pantry was a grave Jew in frock coat and skull cap staring at nothing and moving his lips; and in the other recess was a tall girl in a blue sweater ...

The Irish Jewish population saw a large drop in numbers in 1948 after the establishment of Israel; with a large number of Irish Jews moving there out of ideological and religious convictions. In subsequent decades, more Jews would also emigrate to Israel, the United Kingdom, and the United States due to the decline of Jewish life in Ireland and ...

Feb 11, 2009 · This essay traces aspects of Jewish social mobility and attributes it to the Jews’ ‘distinctive social philosophy’ (p. 37). Google Scholar. For examples see the Royal commission on alien immigration, pp. 1903, ix, qq. 20, 278, 14, 195, and Fishman, William J., East End Jewish radicals, 1875–1914 (London, 1975), pp. 303–4.

Parallel themes of anti-Semitism, masculinity, and suspicions about Jewish loyalty connect all three men, despite distinct generational differences. The anti-Semitic trope of dual loyalty, and this trope’s impact on the three politicians is examined, as well as Ireland’s inadequate response to Jewish refugees during WWII.

Jun 16, 2003 · On the 99th Bloomsday, Terence Killeen reflects on the Jewishness of the Irishman Leopold Bloom. Ulysses, James Joyce stated in one of his rare comments on the book, "is the epic of two races...

Oct 23, 2018 · “Irish-Jewish History” is the history of the actual social lives of actual flesh-and-blood Jews in Ireland. But it also names another history: ideas of Jewishness in Ireland.

Modern Israeli fiction embodies a pivotal shift in the treatment of this image: no longer limiting themselves to traditional visions of the wandering Jew, contemporary Israeli authors manipulate this figure, con- struing it as something altogether different from its cultural antecedents.

2 days ago · The real-life history of Jewish immigrants in post-WW2 America. 2 days ago. Emma Jones. ... How Mary Mallon, an Irish cook for New York's elite, became known as the 'most dangerous woman in America'.

For many decades, James Joyce’s Leopold Bloom (a “mixed middlings” sort of Jew) was read as a singular example of Irish Jewishness within modern literature.1 Recent years, however, have seen a marked interest in exploring the Irish Jewish experience more extensively.2 This article focuses on two contemporary novels: Maurice White’s Keep Breathin...