Cork Jewish Community

06/10/2026

We had some lovely events for Rosh Hashana and Succot. With our own Torah, improvised lulal and etrog, and a visit to the former shul where you can still see the famous windows. A bit of Yiddish song finished the festival season off nicely. It was lovely having visitors from around the country and students new to Cork join us for the services and meals. Shana Tova everybody.

06/09/2026

The Cork Jewish Community warmly invites you to join us for High Holiday services.

Rosh Hashanah 12 September at 1pm
Kol Nidre 20 September at 6:30 pm
Yom Kippur morning 21 September at 10 am

Please message us or email us at [email protected] for details and locations.

19/05/2026

Message for the location 🧀

08/04/2026

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/04/02/they-escaped-the-threat-of-pogroms-and-ended-up-in-cork-a-jewish-community-was-born/ Read this lovely article by Colette Sheridan from last week's The Irish Times, about the early days of Cork Jewish Community, and the new digital archive in Cork Public Museum.

The city’s Jewish heritage has been brought back into focus by a new digital archive at Cork Public Museum

25/02/2026

Some of you might remember our Chanukkah Menorah from our celebration in Cork City Hall these last few years. This precious menorah made in the 1950s was generously donated to us by Brighton & Hove Progressive Synagogue, but had been in a poor condition for some time. We are very grateful to Alex Pentek, artist and creator of the Kindred Spirits monument in Midleton, Co Cork, for having restored our menorah to its former glory. It looks like new and will be deeply cherished by our community.

24/02/2026

24/02/2026

Absolutely lovely article about the Torah inauguration service in Limerick last year.

The corridors of Limerick’s Istabraq City Hall rang out with the sounds of Hebrew prayer on a Shabbat of this past fall to celebrate a historic occasion

02/02/2026

Happy Tu B'Shevat. The trees are showing the first signs of spring.

12/01/2026

Delighted to be part of the launch of this wonderful digital archive of Ruti Lachs 's research into Cork's Jewish history. Included are oral histories, essays, poems, stories and photos from over 50 members of the Cork diaspora and their descendants, as well as Cork locals who fondly remember their Jewish neighbours from years gone by (1880s onwards). Councillor Kieran McCarthy will launch the archive at Cork Public Museum and Liz Kiely of Oral History Network of Ireland will speak. There will be music and light refreshments. To book a place at the launch. please contact the museum. Thanks to Cork City Council and the Jewish Historical Society of England for supporting creation of the archive