Blog Jewish Studies
February 21, 2012
Terenure Public Library are holding a display on "Dublin Jewish Traditions - Photographs and Maps" from Tuesday, 6th March to Saturday, 31st March. Ms. Melanie Brown will give a talk on the exhibition on Wednesday, 14th March at 6.45pm to 7.45pm.
There will also be a display of books on the Jewish Community in the adult library.
This is a map of Portobello, Dublin from the 1840s - the heart of the Jewish community in Dublin.
[Image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portobello,_Dublin]
Categories: Classics/CSPE/History, Jewish Studies, Library.
Tags: 2011-2012, Dublin Jewish Traditions - Photographs and Maps, Exhibition, Terenure Public Library.
February 14, 2012
Tu B’Shvat is 15th of the Hebrew month of Shvat. Tu B’Shvat is the ‘New Year for Trees’, or the beginning of spring in Israel. Some customs of Tu B’Shvat are to: Plant trees (at home or sponsor plantings in Israel); eat fruits that grow in Israel; have a Tu B’Shvat ‘seder’ during which fruits are eaten and Biblical and other passages about spring are read.
" . . . a land of wheat and barley, of vines, figs, and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey . . . When you have eaten your fill, give thanks to the L-rd your G-d for the good land which He has given you."
(Deut. 8:8, 10)
Ms. Charry
[Image: Google Images]
Categories: Jewish Studies.
Tags: 2011, Tu B’Shvat.
February 10, 2012
Holocaust Education Trust Ireland (HETI) are offering a study trip to Berlin (10th - 13th April) and a number of teacher training programmes in July and August, including a one year Certificate in Holocaust Education. These programmes are aimed at teachers and educators to help them teach this complex subject in the classroom.
The trip to Berlin includes:
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Topography of Terror Museum
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Walking Tour of Jewish Berlin
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Memorial for the Murdered Jews of Europe
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House of the Wannsee Conference
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Grunewald site of deportations
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Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp
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Otto Weidt Museum
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Silent Heroes Memorial Centre
Teacher Training Programmes:
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Irish Seminar at Yad Vashem International School, Jerusalem, Israel. July 2012
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Teaching the Holocaust. 20th - 22nd August 2012
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Certificate in Holocaust Education. August 2012 - August 2013
Contact HETI for more details. Telephone: + 353 1 6690593. Email: info@hetireland.org. Website: www.hetireland.org
[Image: www.hetireland.org]
Categories: Classics/CSPE/History, Jewish Studies, Parents Association.
Tags: 2011-2012, Certificate in Holocaust Education, Holocaust Education Trust Ireland, Yad Vashem International School.
December 20, 2011
Hanukkah commemorates the events in the Land of Israel around 135 BCE when the ruling Syrian Greek King Antiochus 1V attempted to impose a wholly Greek way of life on the population. Whilst some people were willing to embrace Hellenism (acting and thinking like Greeks), others objected to the loss of Jewish identity tat this entailed. Maters came to a head when a statute of Zeus was placed in the Temple in Jerusalem and animals forbidden by Jewish law were offered as sacrifices.
Matityahu, a man of priestly family, and his 5 sons: Judah, Simeon, Jonathan, Jochanan and Eleazar who together were known as the Maccabees, led the rebellion. After several months of fighting, they regained control of Jerusalem and the surrounding areas.
When the Temple had been cleansed and was ready for rededication as the Jewish place of worship, it was discovered that there was only one day’s supply of oil for the golden candelabrum. It would take eight days to receive the new supply. The candelabrum was lit anyway, and burned for the eight days.
To commemorate this miracle, each evening we light another candle on the family hanukkiyah (8 light candelabrum) and eat food fried in oil e.g. potato fritters and doughnuts.
Ms. Charry (Jewish Studies/Hebrew)
Categories: Jewish Studies.
Tags: Hanukkah.
December 19, 2011
Jessica Nelkin (2nd Year), Tomas Hennessy (2nd Year) and Jorden Bukspan (3rd Year) describe their experience of visiting the refurbished Mikveh, on Friday, 16th December. (Click on thumbnails to open an enlarged version of image.)
"The trip to the Mikveh was very interesting. I’d never been inside one before and since it had just been refurbished, it looks amazing. A few of the interesting facts we learnt were that you have to take a long bath and then a shower before you immerse yourself, and you’re not allowed to have any plasters or nail polish on. Women are expected to go more often than men. It was nice to hear that if you didn’t know the bracha, which you have to say, there would be an attendant of the same gender to help you. They stay outside the door for modesty reasons. I really liked the idea of having sand-coloured tiles in the Mikveh because it really does look like the stones at the Kotel which I think promotes an even more spiritual feeling than before." Jessica Nelkin
"When I went to the Mikveh it looked brilliant. They refurbished the whole place and it looked really good." Tomas Hennessy
"It was very interesting to see a real Mikveh instead of pictures. We learnt a lot about the functions of it and the required elements." Jorden Bukspan
Categories: Jewish Studies.
Tags: 2011-2012, Brambles, kotel, Mikveh.
