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During my almost 40 years of life here, I have never hidden my Jewish identity; there have been antisemitic incidents, but they are rare. For the first time, however, I am concerned about my security

Faulkner’s Southern twist on Joycean modernism has made for popular reading in the wake of the U.S. Capitol insurrection and other spasms of red-state rage.

Part of a series of articles on Connolly: workersliberty.org/connolly Introduction: Connolly, Larkin and The Irish Worker, by Sean Matgamna Both Jim Larkin and James Connolly were Catholics, children respectively of Liverpool and Edinburgh Irish immigrants. Connolly was a “mick-mac”, an Irish Scots Catholic. Both received the religion as part of what they were. Both passed themselves off in Ireland as Irish-born, Connolly from Monaghan.

Part of a series of articles on Connolly: workersliberty.org/connolly Introduction: Connolly, Larkin and The Irish Worker, by Sean Matgamna Both Jim Larkin and James Connolly were Catholics, children respectively of Liverpool and Edinburgh Irish immigrants. Connolly was a “mick-mac”, an Irish Scots Catholic. Both received the religion as part of what they were. Both passed themselves off in Ireland as Irish-born, Connolly from Monaghan.

From the blog of Ilana K. Levinsky at The Times of Israel

History of the Jews in Ireland   A Jewish wedding party outside Irelands Waterford Courthouse in 1901. Jews have made their home in Ireland for centuries, and many have risen to be successful and prominent figures in politics, business, and theology. Ireland produced Chaim Herzog, the sixth president of Israel, and Leopold Bloom - the hero of James Joyces "Ulysses," a canonical Irish text - is a Jew. However, the Irish Jewish community can hardly be called thriving, and Jews have not always b...

Today, we know that the Basilosaurus is the first ancient whale humanity has ever found. But back when it was first described, the animal’s huge proportions earned it the name of ‘king lizard’. And although technically incorrect, the name isn’t undeserved; during its day, the Basilosaurus ruled the waters of Tethys with an iron flipper and a really impressive set of teeth. Basilosaurus isis skeleton at the Nantes History Museum. Image via Wikimedia. This creature lived 40 to 35 million ...