Luck of the Irish: Iraqi Sweet & Sour Salona
Luck of the Irish: Iraqi Sweet & Sour Salona When Vivian met Nik she was charmed by his Irish accent and was amazed to find out that there were Irish Jews. Jewish history in Ireland began over a thousand years ago, when five Jews brought a gift to Toirdelbach, the king of Munster, but they were soon sent back to where they came from. By 1232, there was a small community of Jews living in Dublin, with King Henry III granting the Treasurer and Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer “custody of the King’s Judaism in Ireland.” Following the expulsion from Portugal in 1497, a number of Sephardic ...
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