Archives of Irish Jews

Volumes containing the names of 53,000 Jewish people who have lived in Ireland have been opened to the public. The records of births, marriages and deaths stretching back to the 17th century were compiled by Stuart Rosenblatt, president of the Genealogical Society of Ireland. The volumes also include details of where people are buried, the schools they went to and details of Jewish households from both the 1901 and 1911 censuses. Details about the family of Chaim Herzog, former president of Israel, who was born in Belfast, are included, along with those of the best-known Irish politicians with a Jewish background, including Ben and Robert Briscoe, Mervyn Taylor and Alan Shatter. Records pertaining to the only Irish Jew killed at Auschwitz, Ettie Steinberg, are included, as are those of Irish-based Holocaust survivors Suzi Diamond and Tomi Reichental.