tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post2280830258470764074..comments2023-11-05T22:12:50.570+11:00Comments on Daphne Anson: The Shamrock & The Star: Support for Israel from the Emerald Isle (video)Daphne Ansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12297188759548931101noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post-22442083898143017402012-12-16T18:44:20.543+11:002012-12-16T18:44:20.543+11:00Thanks for that very interesting and reassuring co...Thanks for that very interesting and reassuring comment, Anon.<br />Robert Briscoe was celebrated, of course.<br /><br />I've heard that when the great American baseball player Yogi Berra, known for his malapropisms (such as remarking of a night club in NY "Nobody goes there anymore - it's too crowded"), was told that Dublin now had a Jewish mayor, he exclaimed: "Only in America!" Daphne Ansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12297188759548931101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post-41629903852065248762012-12-16T15:34:58.827+11:002012-12-16T15:34:58.827+11:00The Irish are not an anti-Semitic people. Hundred...The Irish are not an anti-Semitic people. Hundreds of Irish came to the new State of Israel and fought on her behalf in the 1948 Israeli War of Independence and in the struggle against the English, before 1948. The late Lord Mayor of Dublin, Bobby Briscoe, was Jewish. And there is a group called The Loyal League of the Yiddish Sons of Ireland (they eat green bagels on St. Patrick's Day)...it's true...the group is now based in New York City. The best boss I ever had was an Irish gentleman. My Jewishness was never an issue for him. He even donated an antique, engraved Jewish wine plate that he discovered to a local synagogue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post-9882459144191946882012-11-08T06:41:21.533+11:002012-11-08T06:41:21.533+11:00That was a great article, thanks. I missed that o...That was a great article, thanks. I missed that one at the time.JayinPhiladelphiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556212008313470286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post-37710979042101712722012-11-07T21:14:18.176+11:002012-11-07T21:14:18.176+11:00Thanks - yes, a corker of a lass!Thanks - yes, a corker of a lass!Daphne Ansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12297188759548931101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post-60872526373034939502012-11-07T20:26:05.570+11:002012-11-07T20:26:05.570+11:00Don't forget Cliona Campbell.
http://cifwatch....Don't forget Cliona Campbell.<br />http://cifwatch.com/2010/09/28/ireland-and-israel-has-that-ship-sailed-an-exclusive-cif-watch-essay-by-cliona-campbell/<br />Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00024690260923786342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post-14819011131653391702012-11-07T09:32:18.386+11:002012-11-07T09:32:18.386+11:00Thanks, Shirlee.Thanks, Shirlee.Daphne Ansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12297188759548931101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post-84830524443951479552012-11-07T09:31:39.298+11:002012-11-07T09:31:39.298+11:00That's the spirit!That's the spirit!Daphne Ansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12297188759548931101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post-54962182207526678002012-11-07T09:22:40.306+11:002012-11-07T09:22:40.306+11:00Now this makes my Irish half smile...Now this makes my Irish half smile...JayinPhiladelphiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556212008313470286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post-84637400916706284082012-11-07T08:42:56.092+11:002012-11-07T08:42:56.092+11:00http://nifriendsofisrael.wordpress.com/http://nifriendsofisrael.wordpress.com/Shirl in Ozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08145644692590907775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post-85940218364345599102012-11-07T08:26:04.919+11:002012-11-07T08:26:04.919+11:00There is an Irish support for Israel group. I have...There is an Irish support for Israel group. I have a link somewhere, but can't find it! Problem is that my filing system is too good!!Shirl in Ozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08145644692590907775noreply@blogger.com