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Irish Chief Rabbi Yoni Wieder warned that Higgins' speech may "ring hollow for many Irish Jews" after he had "neglected even to acknowledge the scourge of contemporary antisemitism in Ireland.
Several members of the audience were forcibly removed after turning their backs on Michael D Higgins in protest at his speech at the event ... Remembrance Day, Irish President Michael Higgins ...
Irish Jews stood in protest on Sunday as the country’s president used his speech at an International Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony to rail against Israel’s war with Hamas, decrying the “ho ...