Tuesday, October 05, 2021
Chaim Hertzog: Jews of Ireland From Denise Bremridge
Nadene Goldfoot
Denise Bremridge nee Goldfoot
FW: Am I right in thinking you have Dublin connections? An interesting bio....
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Greetings from sunny Cape Town to busy family in Noosa, Australia
Yep you are quite right! I do indeed have a very strong IRISH CONNECTION!
My dear late Dad, Solomon Goldfoot/Goldfuss, and his 2 sisters and 3
brothers were born in Dublin during the
Early 1900s. Their parents, my paternal grandparents, left Lithuania/Odessa
in the late 1890s landed in England,
But moved across the “Irish Sea’ to join family who had at an earlier time
already settled there. My Dad and his brothers
were schooled at WESLEY COLLEGE and attended Hebrew Day School at the great
Synagogue in Dublin where
Rabbi
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Yitzhak%20HaLevi%20Herzog%20wikipedia&form=WI
KIRE> Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, was the first
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Chief%20Rabbi%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE > Chief
Rabbi of <https://www.bing.com/search?q=Ireland%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE >
Ireland from 1922 to 1935 and
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Ashkenazi%20Jews%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE >
Ashkenazi
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Chief%20Rabbinate%20of%20Israel%20wikipedia&f
orm=WIKIRE > Chief Rabbi of Israel
from 1936 to 1959. The third foreign minister of Israel,
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Abba%20Eban%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE > Abba
Eban was his uncle (born in Cape Town). My Dad was an avid
Ruby player and played for his High School (even though he could not tell
his parents that he was playing competitive rugby
On Shabbat afternoons!) Dad graduated from Matric with Honours and then
went on to study medicine at Trinity College/
Medical School, but sadly he was not passionate about such a career!
As destiny would have it…..a young handsome qualified Attorney from Cape
Town was visiting family between London and Dublin.
His name was Arthur Abrahams and his cousin in England was that acclaimed
Oxford Univ. athlete of the movie “Chariots of Fire”
In Dublin Arthur was introduced to the Goldfoot family and the eldest
daughter Nadia…..the marriage (shiduch) was arranged and
Before she knew where she was, Aunt Nadia was shipped to CT with her natty
husband and settled in a lovely home in Bantry Bay
by the sea. She was educated and cultured and bored to tears by the local
gossipy wives so she invited her sister Jennie to visit.
Aunt Nadia played the piano and Aunt Jenny played the violin so they busied
themselves with arranging music soirees in the home
And invited the “elite” of Cape Town. Soon Grandpa Haim was invited to
spend a holiday with them for sunshine and fresh air.
He loved it and as it was time for him to semi-retire from business he went
back to Dublin to collect Grandma Blume and young
Uncle Louis. My Dad was still at University together with his youngest
brother Isidore and they joined the family in the mid 1930s.
The eldest brother Uncle Abe became a successful family doctor in
Cheltenham. When South Africa under General Jannie Smuts
Joined the Allied Forces at the beginning of WWII my Dad was allowed to join
up and after vigorous training was stationed in Egypt
And fought in the Western Desert and at Mersah Matrouh. He was returned
to South Africa during 1944 by British Naval Vessel
Along the East Coast escorting thousands of Italian Prisoners of War who
were captured by the South African troops in Abyssinia/
Ethiopaeia…..and hence the Italians introduced to South Africa OPERA/ ART/
SCULPTURE/WINE and OLIVE VINEYARDS/ CAPUCCINA ETC
AND HERE I AM! C’EST LA VIE!
Enjoy Part II of the History Lesson below!
Dx
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Chaim Herzog
Former President of Israel
Major-General Chaim Herzog was an Israeli politician, general, lawyer and
author who served as the sixth President of Israel between 1983 and 1993.
Born in Belfast and raised predominantly in Dublin, the son of Ireland's
Chief Rabbi Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, he immigrated to Mandatory Palestine in
1935 and served in the Haganah Jewish paramilitary group during the
1936–1939 Arab revolt. He returned to Palestine after the war and, following
the end of the British Mandate and Israel's Declaration of Independence in
1948, fought in the Battles of Latrun during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. He
retired from the Israel Defence Forces in 1962 with the rank of
major-general.
· Chaim Herzog was born on Cliftonpark Avenue in
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Belfast%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE > Belfast the
son of <https://www.bing.com/search?q=Rabbi%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE > Rabbi
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Yitzhak%20HaLevi%20Herzog%20wikipedia&form=WI
KIRE> Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, who was
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Chief%20Rabbi%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE > Chief
Rabbi of Ireland from 1919 to 1937 (and later of
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Mandatory%20Palestine%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE
> Mandatory Palestine and the State of Israel), and his wife
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Sarah%20Herzog%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE > Sarah
(née Hillman). His father was born in
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=%C5%81om%C5%BCa%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE >
Łomża, Poland, and his mother in Latvia; his maternal grandfather was the
Orthodox Jewish Talmudic scholar
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Shmuel%20Yitzchak%20Hillman%20wikipedia&form=
WIKIRE> Shmuel Yitzchak Hillman. The family home from 1919 was at 33
Bloomfield Avenue,
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Portobello%2C%20Dublin%20wikipedia&form=WIKIR
E> Portobello,
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Dublin%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE > Dublin.
Herzog's father, a fluent
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Irish%20language%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE >
Irish speaker, was known as "the
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=History%20of%20Sinn%20F%C3%A9in%20wikipedia&f
orm=WIKIRE > Sinn Féin Rabbi" for his support of the
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=First%20D%C3%A1il%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE >
First Dáil and the Irish Republican cause during the
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Irish%20War%20of%20Independence%20wikipedia&f
orm=WIKIRE > Irish War of Independence. Herzog studied at
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Wesley%20College%2C%20Dublin%20wikipedia&form
=WIKIRE > Wesley College, Dublin, and was involved with the
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=FZY%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE > Federation of
Zionist Youth and
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Habonim%20Dror%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE >
Habonim Dror, the Labor Zionist movement, during his teenage years.
The family <https://www.bing.com/search?q=Aliyah%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE >
emigrated to
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Mandatory%20Palestine%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE
> Mandatory Palestine in 1935; Herzog subsequently served in the Jewish
paramilitary group
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Haganah%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE > Haganah
during the
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=1936%E2%80%9339%20Arab%20revolt%20in%20Palest
ine%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE > 1936–39 Arab revolt. He studied at
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=University%20College%20London%20wikipedia&for
m=WIKIRE > University College London and was awarded
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Bachelor%20of%20Laws%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE >
Bachelor of Laws from
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=University%20of%20London%20wikipedia&form=WIK
IRE> University of London in 1941. He later then qualified as a
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Barrister%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE > barrister
at
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Lincoln%27s%20Inn%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE >
Lincoln's Inn.
· Chaim Herzog was born on Cliftonpark Avenue in
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Belfast%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE > Belfast the
son of <https://www.bing.com/search?q=Rabbi%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE > Rabbi
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Yitzhak%20HaLevi%20Herzog%20wikipedia&form=WI
KIRE> Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, who was
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Chief%20Rabbi%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE > Chief
Rabbi of Ireland from 1919 to 1937 (and later of
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Mandatory%20Palestine%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE
> Mandatory Palestine and the State of Israel), and his wife
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Sarah%20Herzog%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE > Sarah
(née Hillman). His father was born in
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=%C5%81om%C5%BCa%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE >
Łomża, Poland, and his mother in Latvia; his maternal grandfather was the
Orthodox Jewish Talmudic scholar
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Shmuel%20Yitzchak%20Hillman%20wikipedia&form=
WIKIRE> Shmuel Yitzchak Hillman. The family home from 1919 was at 33
Bloomfield Avenue,
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Portobello%2C%20Dublin%20wikipedia&form=WIKIR
E> Portobello,
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Dublin%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE > Dublin.
Herzog's father, a fluent
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Irish%20language%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE >
Irish speaker, was known as "the
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=History%20of%20Sinn%20F%C3%A9in%20wikipedia&f
orm=WIKIRE > Sinn Féin Rabbi" for his support of the
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=First%20D%C3%A1il%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE >
First Dáil and the Irish Republican cause during the
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Irish%20War%20of%20Independence%20wikipedia&f
orm=WIKIRE > Irish War of Independence. Herzog studied at
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Wesley%20College%2C%20Dublin%20wikipedia&form
=WIKIRE > Wesley College, Dublin, and was involved with the
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=FZY%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE > Federation of
Zionist Youth and
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Habonim%20Dror%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE >
Habonim Dror, the Labor Zionist movement, during his teenage years.
The family <https://www.bing.com/search?q=Aliyah%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE >
emigrated to
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Mandatory%20Palestine%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE
> Mandatory Palestine in 1935; Herzog subsequently served in the Jewish
paramilitary group
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Haganah%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE > Haganah
during the
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=1936%E2%80%9339%20Arab%20revolt%20in%20Palest
ine%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE > 1936–39 Arab revolt. He studied at
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=University%20College%20London%20wikipedia&for
m=WIKIRE > University College London and was awarded
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Bachelor%20of%20Laws%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE >
Bachelor of Laws from
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=University%20of%20London%20wikipedia&form=WIK
IRE> University of London in 1941. He later then qualified as a
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Barrister%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE > barrister
at
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Lincoln%27s%20Inn%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE >
Lincoln's Inn.
Chaim Herzog was born in Ireland in 1918. His father was the distinguished
Rabbi Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog. He immigrated to Palestine in 1935, and served
in the Haganah during the Arab revolt of 1936-38.. He acquired a degree in
law and served in the British army in World War II, becoming head of
intelligence in northern Germany and participating in the liberation of the
concentration camps…
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<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Herzog > Isaac Herzog - Wikipedia
Isaac "Bougie" Herzog (Hebrew: יצחק "בוז׳י" הרצוג, romanized: Yitskhak
"Buzhi" Hertsog; born 22 September 1960) is an Israeli politician serving as
the 11th president of Israel since 7 July 2021. The son of former Israeli
president Chaim Herzog, he is a lawyer by profession and served as the
Government Secretary from 1999 and 2001. He was a member of the Knesset from
2003 to 2018. He held several ministerial posts between 2005 and 2011,
including serving as Minister of Welfare and Social Services from 2007 to
2011 under prime ministers Ehud Olmert and Benjamin Netanyahu. He served as
chairman of the Labor Party and the Zionist Union alliance from 2013 and
2017. He served as the Leader of the Opposition from 2013 to 2018 and was
the Labor Party candidate for prime minister during the 2015 elections. He
was elected in the 2021 Israeli presidential election and was inaugurated on
7 July 2021. He is the first son of an Israeli president to become president
himself.
Isaac (Yitzhak) Herzog, aka "Bougie", was born in
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Tel%20Aviv%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE > Tel Aviv.
He is the son of General
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Chaim%20Herzog%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE > Chaim
Herzog, who served two terms as the
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=President%20of%20Israel%20wikipedia&form=WIKI
RE> Sixth President of Israel from 1983 to 1993, and
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Aura%20Herzog%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE > Aura
Ambache, founder of the
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Council%20for%20a%20Beautiful%20Israel%20wiki
pedia&form=WIKIRE > Council for a Beautiful Israel. Herzog's father was born
in Ireland and his mother was born in
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Egypt%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE > Egypt; their
families were of Eastern European Jewish descent (from Poland,
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=History%20of%20the%20Jews%20in%20Russia%20wik
ipedia&form=WIKIRE > Russia, and Lithuania). He has two brothers and a
sister. His paternal grandfather, Rabbi
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Yitzhak%20HaLevi%20Herzog%20wikipedia&form=WI
KIRE> Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, was the first
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Chief%20Rabbi%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE > Chief
Rabbi of <https://www.bing.com/search?q=Ireland%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE >
Ireland from 1922 to 1935 and
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Ashkenazi%20Jews%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE >
Ashkenazi
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Chief%20Rabbinate%20of%20Israel%20wikipedia&f
orm=WIKIRE > Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1936 to 1959. The third foreign
minister of Israel,
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Abba%20Eban%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE > Abba
Eban was his uncle (born in Cape Town, South Africa).
When his father served as
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Permanent%20Representative%20of%20Israel%20to
%20the%20United%20Nations%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE > Permanent Representative
of Israel to the United Nations for three years, Herzog lived in New York
and attended the
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Ramaz%20School%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE > Ramaz
School. In the following years, while also studying in high school, Herzog
gained an advanced academic education at
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Cornell%20University%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE >
Cornell University and
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=New%20York%20University%20wikipedia&form=WIKI
RE> New York University and spent summers at
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Camp%20Ramah%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE > Camp
Ramah. He also accompanied his father to visit the
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Lubavitcher%20Rebbe%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE >
Lubavitcher Rebbe in
<https://www.bing.com/search?q=Brooklyn%20wikipedia&form=WIKIRE > Brooklyn.
From: David Atkinson [mailto:atkinsonfields@gmail.com ]
Sent: Tuesday, 05 October 2021 00:31
To: Denise Bremridge
Subject: Am I right in thinking you have Dublin connections? An interesting
bio....
<https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/t/ta-te/telegraph-obituaries/ >
Telegraph Obituaries
4 October 2021 • 2:20pm
Mervyn Taylor, who has died aged 89, was the first Jewish minister in an
Irish government, and as Minister for Law Reform and Equality in 1995 he
masterminded the introduction of divorce in the Republic of Ireland.
It was an uphill battle, in a country where a powerful Catholic Church
remained as steadfastly opposed to the measure as it had been when, nine
years earlier, a proposed amendment to the Irish constitution to remove the
prohibition on divorce was rejected in a referendum.
When the 1995 amendment was put forward, Taylor struck an emollient note:
“Irish society cherishes the family, and no one salutes the introduction of
divorce.” The change was presented not as a civil right, but as a
regrettable necessity to deal with a growing number of marriage breakdowns
and to allow a second chance to those already separated legally. Conditions
were attached to prevent hasty divorces.
Although all political parties backed the measure, it passed only by a
slender majority at the referendum and would probably have been defeated had
not heavy rain in the conservative districts of the West reduced turn-out
there.
Taylor’s Jewish background may have helped, in a country anxious to exhibit
its tolerance. His Polish father, Abel Chaiet, had moved from Leeds to
Dublin in the 1920s, and prospered in the rag trade; he changed the family
name to Taylor.
Mervyn Taylor was born on December 28 1931; he joined other boys from the
city’s small Jewish community at the Methodist Wesley College before reading
Law at the mainly Protestant Trinity College Dublin and qualifying as a
solicitor.
Setting up on his own, the hard-working Taylor, whose physical agility
betokened energy and purpose, attracted clients outside his own community as
a plaintiff’s solicitor, often taking on cases on a “no foal no fee” basis.
He was successful enough to be able to marry before he was 30. His wife
Marilyn was the daughter of Samuel Fisher, subsequently mayor of Camden and,
as Lord Fisher of Camden, a Labour life peer in the House of Lords in the
1970s.
Aspiring to a role in the mainstream of Irish life, Taylor joined the Irish
Labour Party when it had high hopes that the 1970s would be a socialist
decade. He was elected to Dublin county council, of which he became the
first Jewish chairman in 1977. He won esteem getting services improved in
deprived new suburbs and helping constituents in difficulty. On the council,
he was a vigilant critic of the easy ride given to developers and builders
by Fianna Fáil ministers, whose party they financed.
Elected to the Dáil in 1981, Taylor joined those on the far left of the
Labour Party who eschewed coalition and advocated going it alone. He
declined office when the party was in government under the progressive Fine
Gael leader Garret FitzGerald. When Labour made big gains in the 1992
general election, however, Taylor helped to negotiate for a coalition
government with the freewheeling Fianna Fáil leader Albert Reynolds, and was
appointed minister in a new Department of Law Reform and Equality.
He continued in 1994 when Labour switched allegiance and the Fine Gael
leader John Bruton took over as Taoiseach, going on to give decisive backing
to the referendum the following year on permitting divorce.
As a minister, Taylor saw through to enactment legislation decriminalising
homosexual acts. But he suffered a reverse when legislation giving spouses
automatic joint ownership of the family home was declared unconstitutional
by the Supreme Court.
Never succumbing to the negativity of those civil servants who were prone to
allow the best to become the enemy of the good, Taylor pressed on with other
overdue reforms in the law; his equality legislation outlawing
discrimination inter alia on grounds of sexual orientation was progressive
for the time.
He was popular among fellow politicians: his dedication, lack of
self-importance and indifference to the trappings of office were winning.
Taylor did not stand for re-election to the Dáil at the general election of
1997 and concentrated thereafter on his family, his friends, and hobbies
such as boating on the Shannon. He rejoiced in the success his librarian
wife enjoyed late in life as a prize-winning author of children’s books.
They had lived mainly in England in recent years. His wife survives him.
Their three children had been part of the gradual exodus of younger members
of Ireland’s Jewish community keen to find Jewish spouses that has reduced
the community in Ireland to a quarter of its number at the middle of the
20th century. Their eldest son Adam is a solicitor in London, while Gideon
is chief executive of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York.
Their daughter Maryanne emigrated to his beloved Israel.
Yep you are quite right! I do indeed have a very strong IRISH CONNECTION!
My dear late Dad, Solomon Goldfoot/Goldfuss, and his 2 sisters and 3
brothers were born in Dublin during the
Early 1900s. Their parents, my paternal grandparents, left Lithuania/Odessa
in the late 1890s landed in England,
But moved across the “Irish Sea’ to join family who had at an earlier time
already settled there. My Dad and his brothers
were schooled at WESLEY COLLEGE and attended Hebrew Day School at the great
Synagogue in Dublin where
Rabbi
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KIRE> Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, was the first
<https://www.bing.com/search?q
Rabbi of <https://www.bing.com/search?q
Ireland from 1922 to 1935 and
<https://www.bing.com/search?q
Ashkenazi
<https://www.bing.com/search?q
orm=WIKIRE
from 1936 to 1959. The third foreign minister of Israel,
<https://www.bing.com/search?q
Eban was his uncle (born in Cape Town). My Dad was an avid
Ruby player and played for his High School (even though he could not tell
his parents that he was playing competitive rugby
On Shabbat afternoons!) Dad graduated from Matric with Honours and then
went on to study medicine at Trinity College/
Medical School, but sadly he was not passionate about such a career!
As destiny would have it…..a young handsome qualified Attorney from Cape
Town was visiting family between London and Dublin.
His name was Arthur Abrahams and his cousin in England was that acclaimed
Oxford Univ. athlete of the movie “Chariots of Fire”
In Dublin Arthur was introduced to the Goldfoot family and the eldest
daughter Nadia…..the marriage (shiduch) was arranged and
Before she knew where she was, Aunt Nadia was shipped to CT with her natty
husband and settled in a lovely home in Bantry Bay
by the sea. She was educated and cultured and bored to tears by the local
gossipy wives so she invited her sister Jennie to visit.
Aunt Nadia played the piano and Aunt Jenny played the violin so they busied
themselves with arranging music soirees in the home
And invited the “elite” of Cape Town. Soon Grandpa Haim was invited to
spend a holiday with them for sunshine and fresh air.
He loved it and as it was time for him to semi-retire from business he went
back to Dublin to collect Grandma Blume and young
Uncle Louis. My Dad was still at University together with his youngest
brother Isidore and they joined the family in the mid 1930s.
The eldest brother Uncle Abe became a successful family doctor in
Cheltenham. When South Africa under General Jannie Smuts
Joined the Allied Forces at the beginning of WWII my Dad was allowed to join
up and after vigorous training was stationed in Egypt
And fought in the Western Desert and at Mersah Matrouh. He was returned
to South Africa during 1944 by British Naval Vessel
Along the East Coast escorting thousands of Italian Prisoners of War who
were captured by the South African troops in Abyssinia/
Ethiopaeia…..and hence the Italians introduced to South Africa OPERA/ ART/
SCULPTURE/WINE and OLIVE VINEYARDS/ CAPUCCINA ETC
AND HERE I AM! C’EST LA VIE!
Enjoy Part II of the History Lesson below!
Dx
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Chaim Herzog
Former President of Israel
Major-General Chaim Herzog was an Israeli politician, general, lawyer and
author who served as the sixth President of Israel between 1983 and 1993.
Born in Belfast and raised predominantly in Dublin, the son of Ireland's
Chief Rabbi Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, he immigrated to Mandatory Palestine in
1935 and served in the Haganah Jewish paramilitary group during the
1936–1939 Arab revolt. He returned to Palestine after the war and, following
the end of the British Mandate and Israel's Declaration of Independence in
1948, fought in the Battles of Latrun during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. He
retired from the Israel Defence Forces in 1962 with the rank of
major-general.
· Chaim Herzog was born on Cliftonpark Avenue in
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Rabbi of Ireland from 1919 to 1937 (and later of
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Orthodox Jewish Talmudic scholar
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Sent: Tuesday, 05 October 2021 00:31
To: Denise Bremridge
Subject: Am I right in thinking you have Dublin connections? An interesting
bio....
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Telegraph Obituaries
4 October 2021 • 2:20pm
Mervyn Taylor, who has died aged 89, was the first Jewish minister in an
Irish government, and as Minister for Law Reform and Equality in 1995 he
masterminded the introduction of divorce in the Republic of Ireland.
It was an uphill battle, in a country where a powerful Catholic Church
remained as steadfastly opposed to the measure as it had been when, nine
years earlier, a proposed amendment to the Irish constitution to remove the
prohibition on divorce was rejected in a referendum.
When the 1995 amendment was put forward, Taylor struck an emollient note:
“Irish society cherishes the family, and no one salutes the introduction of
divorce.” The change was presented not as a civil right, but as a
regrettable necessity to deal with a growing number of marriage breakdowns
and to allow a second chance to those already separated legally. Conditions
were attached to prevent hasty divorces.
Although all political parties backed the measure, it passed only by a
slender majority at the referendum and would probably have been defeated had
not heavy rain in the conservative districts of the West reduced turn-out
there.
Taylor’s Jewish background may have helped, in a country anxious to exhibit
its tolerance. His Polish father, Abel Chaiet, had moved from Leeds to
Dublin in the 1920s, and prospered in the rag trade; he changed the family
name to Taylor.
Mervyn Taylor was born on December 28 1931; he joined other boys from the
city’s small Jewish community at the Methodist Wesley College before reading
Law at the mainly Protestant Trinity College Dublin and qualifying as a
solicitor.
Setting up on his own, the hard-working Taylor, whose physical agility
betokened energy and purpose, attracted clients outside his own community as
a plaintiff’s solicitor, often taking on cases on a “no foal no fee” basis.
He was successful enough to be able to marry before he was 30. His wife
Marilyn was the daughter of Samuel Fisher, subsequently mayor of Camden and,
as Lord Fisher of Camden, a Labour life peer in the House of Lords in the
1970s.
Aspiring to a role in the mainstream of Irish life, Taylor joined the Irish
Labour Party when it had high hopes that the 1970s would be a socialist
decade. He was elected to Dublin county council, of which he became the
first Jewish chairman in 1977. He won esteem getting services improved in
deprived new suburbs and helping constituents in difficulty. On the council,
he was a vigilant critic of the easy ride given to developers and builders
by Fianna Fáil ministers, whose party they financed.
Elected to the Dáil in 1981, Taylor joined those on the far left of the
Labour Party who eschewed coalition and advocated going it alone. He
declined office when the party was in government under the progressive Fine
Gael leader Garret FitzGerald. When Labour made big gains in the 1992
general election, however, Taylor helped to negotiate for a coalition
government with the freewheeling Fianna Fáil leader Albert Reynolds, and was
appointed minister in a new Department of Law Reform and Equality.
He continued in 1994 when Labour switched allegiance and the Fine Gael
leader John Bruton took over as Taoiseach, going on to give decisive backing
to the referendum the following year on permitting divorce.
As a minister, Taylor saw through to enactment legislation decriminalising
homosexual acts. But he suffered a reverse when legislation giving spouses
automatic joint ownership of the family home was declared unconstitutional
by the Supreme Court.
Never succumbing to the negativity of those civil servants who were prone to
allow the best to become the enemy of the good, Taylor pressed on with other
overdue reforms in the law; his equality legislation outlawing
discrimination inter alia on grounds of sexual orientation was progressive
for the time.
He was popular among fellow politicians: his dedication, lack of
self-importance and indifference to the trappings of office were winning.
Taylor did not stand for re-election to the Dáil at the general election of
1997 and concentrated thereafter on his family, his friends, and hobbies
such as boating on the Shannon. He rejoiced in the success his librarian
wife enjoyed late in life as a prize-winning author of children’s books.
They had lived mainly in England in recent years. His wife survives him.
Their three children had been part of the gradual exodus of younger members
of Ireland’s Jewish community keen to find Jewish spouses that has reduced
the community in Ireland to a quarter of its number at the middle of the
20th century. Their eldest son Adam is a solicitor in London, while Gideon
is chief executive of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York.
Their daughter Maryanne emigrated to his beloved Israel.
Resource: Denise Bremridge nee Goldfoot
