Dialann Deoraí (Diary of an Exile): Jewish Migration and Settlement in Ireland through the Lens of Personal Experience
Hosted By: The National Library of Israel (NLI)
The luck of the (Jewish) Irish?!
In 2016, an extremely significant yet little-known resource was acquired by the National Library of Israel…
The journal of one Myer Joel Wigoder, who left Lithuania in 1889 and ended up in Dublin around a year later, by way of Antwerp, Amsterdam and Leeds.
Wigoder’s journal offers us a valuable glimpse into the experience of Jewish migration to Ireland during the so-called mass emigration period (1881-1914).
The memoir provides rare, personal insight both into the process and the experience of migration and resettlement at a time of great upheaval in the Jewish world, allowing us to reconsider both the bigger picture of Jewish migration and the importance of local and personal detail.
8pm Israel Time
1pm EST
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