Jewish?

Judaism wasn't one of the suggested categories, but in each census only the top five religions/denominations, as measured in the previous census, get suggested as options to tick. The sixth option is "other, please write in", and you can tick that box and write in "Jewish".

In the 2016 Census, 2,557 people identified as Jewish. That makes for a pretty small community but, actually, it represents an increase of nearly 30% since the 2011 Census (1,894 Jews).

The Irish Jewish community, never very large, declined steadily for most of the twentieth century, mainly due to emigration. It was generally considered that the community was too small to be self-sustaining in the long term, and many Irish Jews emigrated as young adults because they did not think it likely they could find a Jewish spouse in Ireland.

The community reached a low point in 1991 (1,581 Jews) and has been increasing since then, probably mainly due to immigration.

However, your question is about practising Jews. The census gives no information about that. You'd need to talk to people in the Jewish community in Ireland (which is concentrated in Dublin) to get a sense of whether they feel that the community is growing. Many of the newly-arrived Jews are people who have come to Ireland to study or have been posted here to work. A lot of them are young single adults and they may not all be well-connected with the Irish Jewish community or its institutions.

There are three active synagogues in Dublin, and one in Belfast.

There are at least two in the public eye, a T.D. and a television personality. I thought there was a small Jewish community in Dublin.?

I was thinking Amy Huberman, that makes three then!

Stratford National School in Rathgar, only Jewish primary school in the state.

DipDab93 wrote: »

Are you guys Catholic etc?

I am

Jewish dad, catholic mum, and I am an agnostic buddhist