The Irish in the Chief Rabbi
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Copyright, 1955, Seven Arts Feature Syndicate
RICHARD'S DRIVE-IN
By S. DAVID
of paying tribute to a fellow
Irishman.
"I am a former Irishman my-
self," said Rabbi Herzog addres-
sing a meeting of Irish in the
States. "Once an Irishman—al-
ways an Irishman" called out one
of his hearers.
A spot of shamrock is in him
which he has managed to fust
with the rose of Sharon. T h e
Chief Rabbi is frankly fond of
Ireland, and when in a conversa-
tional mood, he is apt to regale
one with stories of old Erin.
It may even be about the clergy
of Ireland with whom he had
many fraternal contacts in days
of old. He may tell the one about
Pat receiving the last rites and
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asking the priest for a repeat.
priest.
"It will take you where
"Once is enough," admonishes the
you want to go. Pat, my boy, why
do you want me to repeat the
words?"
"It isn't the words, Father, it's
your breath," Pat replies.
Rabbi Herzog told Eamon
de Valera, 'who visited him in
Israel, that the Jews and Irish
have one thing in common, the
Jews do not speak Hebrew and
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the Irish do not speak Gaelic.
The Jews in Israel are appar-
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ently .meeting .with .more
success in restoring the Hebrew
tongue than the Irish are having
with G a e 1 i c, but there are
other ties than this negative
quality. Both were landless peo-
ple, the Irish landless in their
own land until lately—and both
are widely dispersed peoples.
Both doubtless partake of some
common attribute's from this
irregularity.
Jewish tradition speaks of how
versed one of the sages of the
Talmud was in astronomy. This
sage has his counterpart in the
also unique Chief Rabbi of Israel,
Isaac Herzog, who has lately taken
up the study of physics. Rabbi
Herzog is also something of a
mathemetician and in addition
speaks a multitude of languages,
including H e b r e w, Russian,
French, Arabic and English with
an Irish accent.
It is the last which always pro-
vokes the most eye lifting. An
Irish Jew is of itself something
of an anomaly to most.
Recently, when Rabbi Herzog
visited Toronto to address an Is-
rael Bond function, one of the
first to buy an Israel Bond was a
local Irish club. It was their way
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Visiting the White House, he
soon was engaged with President
Truman in matching quotations
from the Bible. He has a genius
for invoking the common touch.
His father, Rabbi Joel Herzog,
at one . time the Chief Rabbi of
Paris, was regarded a brilLiant
Talmudist and the son evinced
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Rabbi Herzog for a time was
dubious about following the
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