Launching Representations of Jews in Irish Literature Exhibition

I am thrilled and very nervous to be launching the Representations of Jews in Irish Literature Exhibition in Waterford IT on February 1st. This exhibition from the Ulster University is touring the country and its February leg is in Waterford, where once there was a small Jewish population, which left their mark. I’m going to be addressing the crowd about my own research into Jewtown and how I came to writing the book. I’m not sure if I’ll be reading any of the poems but hopefully, I’ll be able to give a decent context to the affair. For anyone interested in coming along, the event takes place in Waterford IT at 6pm on 1st February.Some friendly faces would be deeply appreciated!

The featured image above is the 1901 wedding of Miss Esther Levin of John Street in Waterford to Mr Myer Stein of Dublin. It’s doing the rounds on social media in anticipation of this event. Apparently, there was quite a lot of interest in the city about this wedding as it was such a strange thing to have a Jewish wedding. I wonder what the public must have thought and whether they might have been slightly disappointed that it looked very like any other wedding!